Male Sharp-tailed Grouse Pine Coulee Reservoir, November 2013 American Coot Western Meadowlark Adventurous little owlet Little more than black silhouettes A fine day for birding Grebes with the red "button" eyes Head to head Cinnamon Teal A touch of blue Northern Pygmy-owl from January Curious Mule Deer Malachite butterfly on blue The art of building a nest Monkeyflower / Mimulus Yellow, glassy eyes Ruddy Duck in choppy waters Fields of golden stubble Button-eyes Classic beauty - 53 Buick Catkins Look, Mom, I can fly! Long-tailed Weasel Deep inside a dark barn Clouds over a prairie farm Sharp-tailed Grouse Balsam or Hybrid Poplar catkins A quick, drive-by shot Preening her feathers Yellow Foxglove / Digitalis grandiflora A close look at a Coot Let the dancing begin Red barn in a beautiful setting Sparrow's-egg Orchid Time for nest building Allium up close Obsessive Owl Crazyness Disorder Pine Coulee Reservoir last November The exotic White-faced Ibis Growing at Pine Coulee Reservoir How sweet is this? Harvestman Black-capped Chickadee at a cavity The golds and blues at Frank Lake