Birds of Wyoming

One of the great things about Wyoming, is that everywhere is pretty much the great outdoors. So everywhere you go, the wildlife is fantastic. We live a mile from an Elk Refuge (A side note, as I was typing, I mistyped and put Elf Refuge. I laughed really hard at the thought and pictured Elves huddled around fires following the trucks that are passing out food. I thought it was pretty funny). So whenever we drive by, there are hundreds of elk smiling at us.

Well, as many of you know, we are bird watchers so I wanted to share some pictures of the birds we've seen in about the last week, just doing our thing. So here are some of their pictures.


Hooded Merganser: Jake saw it in the river on his way to work


Common Merganser: Just floating by with his Chica


Swans: Can't tell what kind, but we regularly see large flocks fly over the house and road.


Ravens: I know, gross. But we didn't have Ravens in Idaho Falls.


Mountain Bluebird: Landed about 15 feet from me as a stopped my bike to look at it. Beautiful!



Horned Lark: We've seen these in Rexburg, but never this subspecies.



Gray Partridge: We regularly scare these guys up from the grasses across the street. They're pretty cool.


Bunny Bird: If you were patient enough to read through this entire post, you get to see the most rare and elusive bird of Wyoming. The Bunny Bird.

Hope you enjoyed our birds!