Outdoor life: Pulling kayak through shallow part of Lewis channel between Lewis Lake and Shoshone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

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Bethanie Walder pulls kayak through shallow part of Lewis channel between Lewis Lake and Shoshone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USABethanie Walder pulls kayak through shallow part of Lewis channel between Lewis Lake and Shoshone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA Kayaks at campsite on Shoshone lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USAKayaks at campsite on Shoshone lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA Kayaks at campsite on Shoshone lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USAKayaks at campsite on Shoshone lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Americana: The "Taco Bus", Mexican restaurant, Dillon, Montana, USA. This is my favorite place to stop and eat a real meal after spending multiple days out in the high desert of Montana.

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The "Taco Bus", Mexican restaurant, Dillon, Montana, USAThe "Taco Bus", Mexican restaurant, Dillon, Montana, USA. This is my favorite place to stop and eat a real meal after spending multiple days out in the high desert of Montana.

The making of the sage grouse images: camping out in the sagebrush sea, Montana, USA. There is a dirt road a few miles away... less than a handful of cars per day... let alone people that walk into this beautiful area...

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Camping out in the sagebrush sea, Montana, USACamping out in the sagebrush sea, Montana, USA

Montana birds: Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and feather, Montana, USA. To me it appears this sage grouse is looking into a blurry mirror. This is an illusion of course as the open aperture created the blurry background and there just happened to be a second male grouse in the right location with the right posture.

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Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), Montana, USAGreater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), Montana, USA

Tail feather of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) displaying at lek, Montana, USATail feather of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) displaying at lek, Montana, USA

Road ecology blog: Swing gate, set at an angle so it closes through gravity, The Netherlands. This fence keeps red deer (Cervus elaphus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from leaving a nature reserve and entering a village and surrounding agricultural fields.

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Swing gate, set at an angle so it closes through gravity, The NetherlandsSwing gate, set at an angle so it closes through gravity, The Netherlands

Swing gate, set at an angle so it closes through gravity, The NetherlandsSwing gate, set at an angle so it closes through gravity, The Netherlands

Line of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in a sagebrush sea, Montana, USA.

The second image is of a shed horn of a pronghorn. I found this shed horn while walking around in the sagebrush. Pronghorns shed their horns every year around end October-November. The horn is like a sheath that covers a bony core (which stays attached to the animal of course). After the keratinous sheath is shed a new horn is grown. In this sense they are different from other species with horns such as bison, mountain goats, and bighorn sheep which never shed their horns.

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Line of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in a sagebrush sea, Montana, USALine of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in a sagebrush sea, Montana, USA

Shed horn of a pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), Montana, USAShed horn of a pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), Montana, USA. I found this shed horn while walking around. Pronghorns shed their horns every year. The horn is like a sheath that covers a bony core (which stays attached to the animal of course). After the keratinous sheath is shed a new horn is grown. In this sense they are different from other species with horns such as bison, goats, sheep which never shed their horns.

Road Ecology Blog: North American beaver (Castor canadensis) roadkill, Montana, USA

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Montana birds: Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) looking through the vegetation, Montana, USA.

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Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), Montana, USAGreater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), Montana, USA

The making of the sage grouse: Marcel Huijser sets up his blind and approach screens near a sage grouse lek, Montana, USA.

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My blind and approach screens near a sage grouse lek, Montana, USAMy blind and approach screens near a sage grouse lek, Montana, USA. Note that the blind has to be set up during the day and everything must be finished and quiet an least an hour before sunset before the birds may come to the lek. Depending on the moonlight there may be more (full moon) or less (new moon) sage grouse activity at the lek during the night. Care should be taken when approaching the blind. Be in the blind at least an hour before first light. The approach screens and darkness, especially during new moon, help conceal my approach. It is important to take your time... you cannot be seen or heard by the birds as you approach. You cannot make noise or talk, also not while in the blind, and you have to stay put until after the birds have left to forage elsewhere during the day. Don't try something like this on your own before consulting with an expert as sage grouse are near threatened (IUCN, 2014) and they are very sensitive to human disturbance.

Marcel Huijser sets of his blinds and approach screens near a sage grouse lek, Montana, USAMarcel Huijser sets up his blind and approach screens near a sage grouse lek, Montana, USA. Note that the blind has to be set up during the day and everything must be finished and quiet an least an hour before sunset before the birds may come to the lek. Depending on the moonlight there may be more (full moon) or less (new moon) sage grouse activity at the lek during the night. Care should be taken when approaching the blind. Be in the blind at least an hour before first light. The approach screens and darkness, especially during new moon, help conceal my approach. It is important to take your time... you cannot be seen or heard by the birds as you approach. You cannot make noise or talk, also not while in the blind, and you have to stay put until after the birds have left to forage elsewhere during the day. Don't try something like this on your own before consulting with an expert as sage grouse are near threatened (IUCN, 2014) and they are very sensitive to human disturbance.

Marcel Huijser sets of his blinds and approach screens near a sage grouse lek, Montana, USAMarcel Huijser sets up his blind and approach screens near a sage grouse lek, Montana, USA. Note that the blind has to be set up during the day and everything must be finished and quiet an least an hour before sunset before the birds may come to the lek. Depending on the moonlight there may be more (full moon) or less (new moon) sage grouse activity at the lek during the night. Care should be taken when approaching the blind. Be in the blind at least an hour before first light. The approach screens and darkness, especially during new moon, help conceal my approach. It is important to take your time... you cannot be seen or heard by the birds as you approach. You cannot make noise or talk, also not while in the blind, and you have to stay put until after the birds have left to forage elsewhere during the day. Don't try something like this on your own before consulting with an expert as sage grouse are near threatened (IUCN, 2014) and they are very sensitive to human disturbance.

Road ecology blog: Street light for bicycle path under wildlife overpass Oud Reemst, south of Otterlo, The Netherlands. Note that the street lights minimize light pollution by shielding the light from going up. This minimizes disturbance for the wildlife when they use the overpass.

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Street light for bicycle path under wildlife overpass Oud Reemst (about 35 m wide), south of Otterlo, The NetherlandsStreet light for bicycle path under wildlife overpass Oud Reemst (about 35 m wide), south of Otterlo, The Netherlands. The street lights are designed to minimize light pollution and disturbance to wildlife on the overpass. This wildlife overpass connects "Planken Wambuis" (west side) to "National Park Hoge Veluwe" (east side). There is a fence (1.10 m high) and gates on the east side of the structure to keep mouflon (Ovis orientalis), a wild sheep species from southern Europe, Asia and Arabia, inside the "Hoge Veluwe". It also keeps horses and cattle in "Planken Wambuis". Roe deer and red deer can easily jump the fence. Presumably wild boar can push against the gates with hinges on the top side of the gate and pass through. Note the road was lowered to allow wildlife to see across to the other side of the structure.

Scandinavian landscapes: Birches (Betula sp.) on a mountain side, Dovrefjell National Park, Norway.

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Birches (Betula sp.) on a mountain side, Dovrefjell National Park, NorwayBirches (Betula sp.) on a mountain side, Dovrefjell National Park, Norway

Road ecology blog: Bicycle path under wildlife overpass "Oud Reemst" (about 35 m wide), south of Otterlo, The Netherlands.

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Bicycle path and under wildlife overpass "Oud Reemst" (about 35 m wide), south of Otterlo, The NetherlandsBicycle path and under wildlife overpass "Oud Reemst" (about 35 m wide), south of Otterlo, The Netherlands (completed 2012). This wildlife overpass connects "Planken Wambuis" (west side) to "National Park Hoge Veluwe" (east side). There is a fence (1.10 m high) and gates on the east side of the structure to keep mouflon (Ovis orientalis), a wild sheep species from southern Europe, Asia and Arabia, inside the "Hoge Veluwe". It also keeps horses and cattle in "Planken Wambuis". Roe deer and red deer can easily jump the fence. Presumably wild boar can push against the gates with hinges on the top side of the gate and pass through. Note the road was lowered to allow wildlife to see across to the other side of the structure.

Montana wildlife: Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), Montana, USA. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest of all hare and rabbit species in the world. It occurs in the Great Basin and is very much dependent on intact areas with big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). In Montana it only occurs in the extreme southwest corner of the state. The images below are low resolution and are part of my scouting effort to prepare for making higher resolution images.

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Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), Montana, USAPygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), Montana, USA. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest of all hare and rabbit species in the world. It occurs in the Great Basin and is very much dependent on intact areas with big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). In Montana it only occurs in the extreme southwest corner of the state. This image is low quality and part of my scouting effort to prepare for making higher quality images. Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), Montana, USAPygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), Montana, USA. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest of all hare and rabbit species in the world. It occurs in the Great Basin and is very much dependent on intact areas with big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). In Montana it only occurs in the extreme southwest corner of the state. This image is low quality and part of my scouting effort to prepare for making higher quality images. Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), Montana, USAPygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), Montana, USA. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest of all hare and rabbit species in the world. It occurs in the Great Basin and is very much dependent on intact areas with big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). In Montana it only occurs in the extreme southwest corner of the state. This image is low quality and part of my scouting effort to prepare for making higher quality images.