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Cow Elk in brush

Red Bird 

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Thanks for looking. Have a Wonderful Weekend!  :o)

I seem to really want to get that perfect butterfly picture this summer. So I have been visiting butterfly houses and nature preserves and having a great time! So here are some pictures:
Butterfly Wings Monarch Spotted One Spotted Two Looking at you
and some other stuff along the way:
Caterpillar Elk Grove Village Elk (The nearby suburb keeps elk because it is named Elk Grove, IL) Elk Falcon Fuzz Oh, another butterfly natural caterpillar.

Thanks for looking.

Do you read a magazine from front to back or back to front? When I pick up a new one for some reason I start thumbing through if from back to front. Why do I ask? Well you are going to get the images from the trip in reverse order ;-) Can't help it. I'm strange. Just ask my wife.

Anyway.. One of the goals on this trip was to stop at Dean Creek and get some elk shots. The Dean  Creek herd is located about 15 miles East of Reedsport, Oregon on Hwy 38. The viewing area is protected from hunters but if the elk wander off over the hill they are fair game. This is not a bad thing. It keeps the herd healthy. Some days the herd is out near the viewing area where they can be seen and other days they will be back in the trees with none to be seen. The day I was coming home they were out and about. The bulls were holding back quite a way but the cows were in pretty close. This time of the year the older bulls tend to group up away from the cows and younger males.

This young male was in with the other youngsters and cows.  This may be his mother. They were pretty close together. The males were up the road a way and back closer to the tree line. One of these two may be the little guys daddy. They were the largest two I saw and were off to the side of the main group of mature males. The racks are so pretty this time of the year with them covered in velvet.

Hope you enjoy. I know many of you live in places where you don't see these animals. If you ever get the chance they are a site to be seen.

Dee & I Just Got Back From A Weekend Trip To Elk County, Pennsylvania To Look For Wild Elk. We Spent All Day Saturday Looking And Spotting For Elk, Then By Late Afternoon Mother Nature Gave Us A Gift When I Spotted A Bull Elk Bedded Down In The Grass On A Hillside. Notice That The Elk Has Shed His Winter Coat And Is Also Growing New Velvet Covered Antlers. The Antlers Will Continue To Grow Untill Fall, Then The Bull Elk Will Rub All The Velvet Off His Antlers As The Rutting Season Begins. NATURE RULES!!!

I Believe These Shots Will Also Qualify For The New Bi-Weekley Challenge, Natural Light.

Bull Elk 1

Bull Elk 2