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Skip the Mexican Raven Skips through the yard looking for treats left behind.

Eureka Lake, MT

Gator and Bailey enjoyed a dip in Eureka Lake with the Rocky Mountains in the distance.

Russel Gates Memorial Campground Montana

Kite Flying

Took time out to do some Kite flying in Idaho

Pheasant

Got the house sold then this handsome Pheasant came by to say goodbye.

It really is live, not a plastic yard ornament!

Mouse release

Monroe house

 House will be on the market soon...

Frogs have been happy this year 

Found this one under a flower pot.

Then Joe was moving some bricks and found this one in one of the holes of a brick

The Mallard Duck family is back again this year.

We moved our game cam to a main trail behind our house. The cam caught this coyote running down the trail.

He is so fast we tried to slow the video down by 1/2, still seemed pretty fast to me. I looped it 4 times the 2nd loop is 1/2 time.

Game Cam

Got this coyote shot off the game cam.

It was taken at 5:30pm.

What a fine looking dog, well fed... eek

Below is the video. 

The fern the coyote is sniffing is the same fern that Louis sprayed a few days before.

Coyote

July has been a busy month, not only for us, but the gamecam too!

Finally got a good coyote shot 

 

The video, it is actually 2 videos, the coyote came by 2 times, one week apart.  We have noticed a light comes on on the camera when it starts to record.  The coyote seems to notice it too 

I have noticed others put their camera up higher than I have mine...  maybe that is whiy it took so long to get a good coyote shot?  I knew they were back there...    

Black Bear

Got a surprise when we checked the gamecam. 

This young bear was here @ 9:20 pm this past sunday night.

Suzi's mom saw what she thought was a large dog over the weekend.  Then the same evening our dogs chased a small bear down our driveway.  Fortunately they stopped when we yelled at them.  Both of the cats were freaked out scared!  

The bear spent quite a nice spell in front of the gamecam.  You can hear it when the bear bumped the gamecam while checking it out.

For scale, at the end of the video is a clip of Joe's dog bear wandering thru in front of the gamecam. 

He is about 100 pounds.

If you turn up the sound when the bear comes to the camera you can hear him sniffing and bumping the camera...  another good reason to put the camera up higher...

ID on way home

We stopped by Idaho and got to see some family on our way home.

Choteau, MT

Spent several days in the Choteau, MT area.

The pets (especially the cats) enjoyed this part of the trip.

Tons of stuff to entertain the cats:

This little guy was cleaning the seeds that got caught between the boards on the deck.

Bunny has his own house.

This is Skip.  He is a huge Raven who actually skips into the frontyard.

There were also numerous deer.

When we left Suzi opened the glovebox to find we had a stow away...

We named him Timmy.  When we got home I opened the glovebox and the mouse was actually kicked back relaxed ontop of the nest. 

We put a live catch mouse trap in the truck and caught one.  We released him down by the road, far away from the house.