After three nights of camping and with a forecast of bad weather we took a break from Five Springs and drove over to Sheridan on the other side of the Bighorn mountains. It's a nice drive. Along the way we saw some moose near the road that let us photograph them.
Moose shed their antlers every year and you can see the stubs of the new ones.
We also saw a Red-tailed Hawk but it was too far away to get very good photos. Their red tail isn't always obvious, but you can see it in this photo.
In Sheridan we like to visit Sam Mavrakis Pond where there are frogs and turtles and birds. Unfortunately, the frogs are non-native bullfrogs but they're still fun to watch.
At least the turtles are native Painted Turtles. (Unlike the ponds in Victoria which are full of previous pet non-native Yellow-eared Sliders.)
There was a family of Mallards with cute ducklings.
Lots of Red-winged Blackbirds hung out around the pond.
And a few Cedar Waxwings.
There weren't very many damselflies and dragonflies. It's hard to judge, but it seems like there are fewer insects around these days, sadly.
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