Daily Archives: October 13, 2024
Yellowstone! Sheepeater Cliffs
If you read my other post this morning, this is Sheepeater Cliffs in Yellowstone National Park were we went several times to look for Pika. None on this morning, our first visit, but the cliffs are worth a look anyway, and this was the best light (and sky) we had on them. The Pika live in the talus slope below the cliffs. We did not see any this morning, perhaps because of the pair of guardians featured in my other post. The cliffs are columnar basalt from a lava flow 500,000 years ago and are named after the Tukudika, or Sheep Eaters—a band of Eastern Shoshone Indians. Sony a5100 with the Sony E 10-18 f4 zoom at 15mm equivalent. Superior Auto with the Landscape scene mode selection. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Odd Couple
Raven: Sheepeater Cliffs, Yellowstone National Park, September 2024 — Something you do not see every day…two Ravens sharing a perch. Raven tend, in my experience, to be solitary birds except in breeding and nesting season, so to see two sitting side by side in September is odd. These two were at the base of Sheepeater Cliffs where we had stopped to look for Pika…the little rock rabbits with the big round ears. We did not find any, perhaps because of this pair of guardians of the cliffs. You can see the cliffs themselves in my companion post this morning. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.