This photo comes from the “Missoulian“ newspaper of Missoula, Montana. It ran with a story about a new wildlife underpass built under US Hwy 93. Taken with a wildlife cam, the photos showed all sorts of critters taking advantage of the safe path from one side of the road to another. There were deer, raccoons, coyotes, and one Great Horned Owl.
“What is it?” “I don’t know. It’s pretty fast and flies around like a swallow.” “That’s no swallow. Could it be a bat?” ”But it’s daylight.” Sure enough, it was a bat. Bats don’t like daylight much but they are known to come out and
Woody eyeballs a path to the juicy bug goodness hidden in the tree.
“Honey, look what I picked up at the Home Depot!“
I almost forgot to show the Sandhill Cranes some love this year! Each spring, millions migrate from the Gulf Coast to their breeding grounds in Canada. There’s also a smaller migration from the Gulf of California to Alaska. We’ve been to Nebraska for the cranes. March can be