10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

If we get close enough we might see a pink maw and slivers of white teeth, ready to take a prairie dog by the throat and choke the life out but also rather perversely adorable. Ferret 492 — a black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes — raises her head from a black-tailed prairie dog’s burrow, sniffs the April night.

Ferrets 167

Ferrets Prairie Dogs Coyotes Kittens 167

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

Russell National Wildlife Refuge , more than a million acres of prairie, badlands, coulees, and the massive Fort Peck Reservoir on the Missouri River. Like the Rockies, though, this is a harsh beauty, not an ideal climate for the human animal by any means. Here I would see how spring comes to the American prairie.

Wildlife 179

Wildlife Ferrets Montana Prairie Dogs 179

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

I might have to add the Dallas airport staff to the list of things Buffon was right about. We also saw Prairie Dogs , Bison , Mule Deer , Abert’s Squirrel and Coyote. All bird and animal pictures are Brad’s. I flew into Denver from Mexico. I ticked off 9 lifers.

Denver 158

Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 158