This view of the Bridgers from Kelly Canyon Road is an
example of the rural beauty we want to protect.
This Mountain Bluebird was attacking his reflection in a
window.
We put up a nesting box and he settled down to raise a
family.
Nesting boxes
are easy to build or buy;
be sure to get the larger ones for the western Mountain
Bluebird.
If you see a moose,
stay away!
Be especially careful of pets:
they hate dogs.
Young elk bulls practice for the rut.
It is always exciting to see elk in the Bridger to Bangtail
area,
but it is illegal
(and ecologically unsound)
to feed or otherwise
attract these wild animals.
26 September 2008
Hikers join
Hawk Watch
volunteers to monitor the raptor migration in the Bridger Range.
B2BC has
helped with the census
in recent years.
It is important to be safe and legal when burning slash.
Here is a good resource
if you are thinking of doing a burn.
20 September 2008
In summer,
B2BC volunteers do
monthly water quality assessments
of two monitoring sites established on Bridger Creek.
Here,
volunteers make use of sophisticated water quality measurement tools
provided by the
GGWC
to monitor dissolved oxygen,
potential hydrogen,
particulates,
etc.
This
American Kestrel Falcon
is dazed after a collision with a window.
Suggestions for avoiding such incidents can be found at
the
Audubon
web site.
One suggestion is to locate a
nesting box
away from the window.
Eggs laid by
Hyles Euphorbiae
(spurge hawkmoth)
on a spurge plant.
See our article on how one landowner is using
insects to control weeds.
B2BC also sponsors educational
Weed Hikes
for persons interested in all aspects of weed control.
This young female mountain lion was prowling near homes in
Bridger Canyon.
As with bears,
residents should
take precautions
and not leave out pet food or create other conditions that
might attract them.
Once a bear or lion learns to approach homes it becomes a
dangerous nuisance and will probably have to be killed.
