Rainbows and Ravens~

* Special Note~
For some time now, I have tried to leave comments on as many blogs as possible.  If you happen to have the type of comment box that requires typing in personal information and if they are the kind that does not offer one's name and URL as the main way to leave a comment, then mine are not working on your blogs.  They just keep going back to the empty comment box. I am really sorry about this, but have no clue how to resolve it~
Sincerely, Mary

Rainbow over the Old Faithful Lodge in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming~

A Common Raven flies into the sulfur gases as the 150' plume blows at the famous Old Faithful geyser, which is actually a bit smaller than a few less famous geysers~

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Final Evening in Yellowstone

This was to be our final evening in Yellowstone and everywhere we went, we seemed to produce a new friend in a Raven, what truly clever characters they are too!
One of the things that made me giggle every time, was the way the would hop toward you in thinking you were their new best/lost friend.  This particular Raven set up on the bleachers awaiting Old Faithful to go off , along side of me for the longest time, I truly thought that I just might have a bird hitching a ride home with me;)

Ever since I was a small child back in Oregon, I have adored fir trees, and pinecones.  Here on Tingsgrove, I have planted quite a few over the course of our 30 years of living here~

As I have said in an earlier post, there are many wildflowers in the west and if you seek to ID them by way of the state that you saw them in, that does not mean you are going to find them on that list. They were still so beautiful to us and yet I have been told various times before, one day, we must visit in the spring and early summer, for the fields are ablaze in wildflowers~

Early morning sprinkle captured on the leaves of delicate fronds in nature~

When I first saw these ducks, I was so excited, for I could tell they were a species that I had not seen before, or at least not for a very long time, if ever.  Then, my excitment was quickly dashed, as they did their very best to swim further from me and my camera.
I could not even ID them in my bird guide, but I must say, they were lovely anyway~

Yellowstone...Largest Active Geyser Field in the World~

Remnants of what was recently life form in these hot pools of the largest Geyser fields in the world, including Old Faithful which rises every 60 to 90 minutes~

Fishing Osprey and Fly Fishing in Yellowstone Country~

;))), My poor husby..."Stop, I have to get out of the car... NOW"~   He gingerly pulled over just in time, for me to get the top image of the Osprey, and I caught it actually through his car window, as I was getting out, and thus a bit of shadow at top right corner.  It was to be the first of two sightings of an Osprey hunting on this journey.  What beautiful birds and I loved watching it still/hover above the water.  The people fly fishing in the same stream, were neither bothered, nor bothered the hunt of the Osprey.  This was our first hour inside the park and I will have a great more to share later.  Have a great day, and always be safe~
*Note...the nest.  Many of these are typical of what the Osprey use out in this great land~