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copyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_1240.jpgCalstone with slateCalstone Pavers using Slate squares as the 'edging'https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_1987.jpgGetty museumGetty museum LA DG pathhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_6136.jpgDecomposed granite path with 3 rivers paverCloseup of local fines and 3 Rivers Paver inserted for effecthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_6134.jpgDecomposed Granite pathLocal fines used as DGhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_5598.jpgPermeable concrete closeupPermeable concrete closeuphttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_5597.jpgPermeable concretePermeable concretehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_3939.jpgDecomposed Granite walkway2024-06-29T02:29:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/06/21/decomposed-granite-paths-and-patios-a-few-more-photos-for-ideas/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-with-terrapave.jpgDecomposed Granite path with TerraPaveDecomposed Granite path with terrapavehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-patio-transition-from-concrete.jpgDecomposed Granite patio transition from concreteThe bench sits on a decomposed granite patio which transitioned from the concrete patio in fronthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-stairs.jpgDecomposed Granite stairsPressure treated wood contains these Decomposed Granite stairshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-path-and-arbor.jpgDecomposed Granite path and arborAnother arborhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-by-pool1.jpgDecomposed Granite by PoolDecomposed Granite inbetween properly placed flagstones by poolhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-path3.jpgDecomposed granite pathhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-walk-and-patio.jpgDecomposed Granite walk and patiohttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-patio2.jpgDecomposed Granite patioAnother view of the Decomposed granite patio next to a shade bedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-path-with-stone-inserts.jpgDecomposed Granite path with stone insertsDecomposed Granite path with stone blocks insertedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-path-no-hardener.jpgDecomposed Granite path no hardener2020-10-24T02:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2020/08/16/some-old-and-new-thoughts-on-moose/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dscn2786.jpegMoose and newborn calfMama Moose and newborn calfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc02031-1.jpegDSC02031https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc02031.jpegDSC020312020-08-16T16:41:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2020/05/14/koda-and-the-wolves-evolution-of-a-childrens-book/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/koda-cover-with-type-page-001.jpgKoda and the wolvesThe first time I saw a wolf, I was one and a half years old.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9780578683164_frontcover.jpg9780578683164_frontcoverhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/koda-bk-cover-no-words.jpgKoda bk cover no wordshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/koda-and-06-copy.jpgKoda and 06 copyKoda watches 06 swim the Lamar Riverhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/koda-runs-after-a-bear-copy.jpgkoda runs after a bear copy2020-08-03T02:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2020/05/22/just-published-biocircuits-the-natural-tool-that-promotes-sleep-boosts-energy-and-expands-awareness/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/biocircuits-3r-white.jpgBiocircuits-3R White2024-03-05T01:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2020/02/13/cougar-action/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-13-at-4.01.35-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-13 at 4.01.35 PMhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-13-at-3.56.58-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-13 at 3.56.58 PMhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_3974.jpgLion scrapeMale lion scrapehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_3968-e1581633881687.jpgLion track in snowLion track in deeper snowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_3967-e1581634086796.jpgLion printLion trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_3964-e1581633998947.jpgLion printMeasuring the metatarsal width can determine sex. 50+mm is reliably a male. I was measuring this one at 55 in several printshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/deer-bed-with-lion-print.jpgDeer bed with lion printhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-13-at-3.31.06-pm-e1581633214181.pngG&F Lion quotasA snapshot of today's hunt quotas. Column 1 indicates zone. Column 2 is the quota for that zone. Column 3 is what has been killed so far in that zone. Column 4 are kills not counted towards quota.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ruth-map-source-sink.pngRuth map source sink2020-02-13T23:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2019/09/11/following-a-cougar-to-a-kill-site/2019-09-12T00:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2019/06/30/what-is-wild-2/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dscn3490.jpgbadgerBadgerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/marten1-e1561949872475.jpgmartenMarten2019-08-02T21:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2019/05/03/mountain-lions-masters-of-invisibility/2019-05-03T15:19:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2019/04/07/fishers-neo-cortex-cougar-kill-sites-what-wasnt-in-ghostwalker/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_0016-1.jpgIMG_0016https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_0016.jpgcougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn1846.jpgDSCN1846https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/3trishcarney_puc_092817_g7a5514-2sm-1.jpg3TrishCarney_PUC_092817_G7A5514-2smhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/3trishcarney_puc_092817_g7a5514-2sm.jpg3TrishCarney_PUC_092817_G7A5514-2smhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_1238.jpgbadger tracks dune slackbadger tracks2019-04-07T23:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2019/04/02/predator-control-does-it-really-work/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc01896.jpgDSC018962019-04-03T03:33:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2019/03/09/how-the-eastern-u-s-puma-was-exterminated/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_0292.jpgIMG_0292.JPGhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/rcnx0004-e1552178161116.jpgcougar male residenthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dscn0978-1.jpgDSCN0978https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_0032-e1552177973425.jpgCougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dscn0978.jpgDSCN09782019-12-22T05:22:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2019/01/31/cats-in-an-ancient-labyrinth/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_0050.jpghands paintedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn1903.jpgCave in BlandingYet it was the cave fifty feet above that had the startling discoveryhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_0135.jpgimg_0135https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_0059.jpgKoda in ancient cave dwellingFor a few moments, time stood stillhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn0779.jpghabitat in Bears earsThey surmounted the wall and stood at the lower cave entrance.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn0759.jpgCanyon in Moabhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/kodaincanyon.jpgCanyon MoabThe canyon walls grew steeper as the echoing of dogs grew louderhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bobcatinsand.jpgBobcat prints in sandBobcat prints in soft sandhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/habitationhigh.jpghabitationhighhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/alcove.jpgalcove2019-02-01T04:36:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2018/12/30/more-cat-stories-from-ghostwalker-lynx-bobcat-and-snowshoe-hare/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/640px-Canada_Lynx_6187103428.jpg640px-Canada_Lynx_(6187103428)Lynxhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN5632.jpgDSCN5632https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/RCNX0023.jpgbobcatDCIM100RECNXhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN5528.jpgbobcat tracksBobcat trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN2010.jpgsnowshoe hare tracksSnowshoe hare tracks2018-12-30T06:04:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2018/12/17/bay-area-mountain-lion-stories/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Leslie-Sleepy-lion.jpgLeslie Sleepy lionhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/3TrishCarney_PUC_092817_G7A5514-2sm.jpgCougarLion in east Bayhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cacolor.jpgMap of Bay AreaUnlike Los Angeles, the Bay Area has a lot of potential for lion "meet and greet" corridors. That is what researchers are exploring.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Zara-McDonald_Photo_preview.jpegZara McDonald_Photo_previewResearcher Zara McDonald with cougar kitten. McDonald heads up the Bay Area Puma Project2018-12-17T18:55:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2018/07/22/grizzlies-and-other-wild-news/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_0311.jpg1643:092517:50F:0000:CAMERA1:21643:092517:50F:0000:CAMERA1:2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ghlrg2lines.jpgGhLrg2lines2018-12-16T02:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2018/10/06/mountain-lions-the-ghost-of-the-americas/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/puma-paw-saqsaywaman-stones-part-incan-trinity-eagle-snake-which-represent-sky-earth-underworld-74304461.jpgCougar pawCougars or Pumas are revered in South American lore. A rock cougar paw of the Incashttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_0807.jpgCougarCollaring a mountain lion in the Bay Area studieshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pumaf51inden_tcp_creditpanthera.jpgPumaF51 cougarF51 in her den in the Jackson WY studyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pumaf51andcubatkill_tcp_creditpanthera.pngPumaF51andCubatKill_TCP_CreditPantherahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pumakitteninden_creditmarkelbroch-panthera.jpgPumaKitteninDen_CreditMarkElbroch-PantheraCougar kitten2018-10-15T01:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2018/05/27/missing-mama-grizzly/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_0159.jpg1401:092517:50F:0000:CAMERA1:21401:092517:50F:0000:CAMERA1:2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_1178.jpg1513:092617:56F:0000:CAMERA1:21513:092617:56F:0000:CAMERA1:2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_1161.jpg1455:092617:59F:0000:CAMERA1:21455:092617:59F:0000:CAMERA1:2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/grizzly-habitat-sw-1860.jpgGrizzly habitat SW 1860Yellow indicates grizzly range in 1860 in northern Mexico and SW USAhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc01840.jpgGrizzly printMale griz about 12" long and 5" wide. He's traveling towards the left of the print.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn3361.jpgGrizzly Cubs 2 years oldTom Miner basin. Two cubs that survived when their mother was killed the previous year2018-06-03T03:28:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2018/02/10/pumas-leave-their-mark/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fox.jpgfox2018-02-10T17:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2018/01/14/kill-cougars-to-grow-more-deer/2018-01-21T02:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/05/06/new-product-to-protect-dg/2017-10-17T00:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2017/10/08/advocating-for-lions-bears-and-wolves/2017-10-12T19:51:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2017/09/14/cougar-kittens-are-vulnerable-in-wyomings-hunt/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rcnx0023.jpgtwo cougars, mom and kittenhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/wyoming-harvest-cougar.jpegWyoming harvest cougarWyoming 2017 Harvest Data by Area.2017-10-08T15:22:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2017/09/12/wolves-the-winds-and-a-spotter-plane/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dsc01786.jpgDinwoody CanyonLooking up Dinwoody Canyon towards Goat flathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dsc01764.jpgDSC01764https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dsc01759.jpgDSC01759https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dsc01745.jpgBald Mountain lakesAnother view of Bald Mountain lakeshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dsc01751.jpgWolf hillsideSmall knoll where wolves were howlinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dsc01723.jpgChain Lake Wind RiverUpper Chain Lake from my campsite. Smokey mountains in far backhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dsc01735.jpgBald Mountain Basin Wind RiversBaldy Lakeshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dsc01715.jpgSweeny LakeSweeny Lake in the Winds2017-12-15T11:28:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2017/04/10/lions-in-texas-part-2/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/texas-immigrants.pngTexas immigrants2017-04-11T01:30:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2017/03/10/lions-on-the-edge-in-texas/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rcnx0106.jpgthree cougarsDCIM100MEDIAhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/texas-cougar.jpegTexas cougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/usda_cougar_heads_lg.jpgusda_cougar_heads_lgThis infamous photo of the severed heads of 11 mountain lions was taken by an outraged employee of the Arizona Game and Fish Department. These animals were among 24 lions killed by the federal agency Animal Damage Control (now called Wildlife Services)2017-03-11T05:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2017/02/21/the-ghost-walker/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/rcnx0105.jpgDCIM100MEDIADCIM100MEDIAhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mr1127.jpgMountain Lion or Cougar mom with young cubs, Western U.S.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cougar-with-kits.jpgcougar-with-kits2017-03-02T00:34:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/11/24/cougar-stories/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mom-and-kitten.jpgmom-and-kittenhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ek000249-e1487656106215.jpgcougar 9.03https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0002.jpgimg_00022016-11-25T15:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/11/09/not-a-wildlife-blog-today/2016-12-22T15:17:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/10/19/a-lesson-from-history-the-california-grizzly/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1393_photo.jpg1393_photohttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hist_21.jpghist_21Rancho Cahuenga, near the location of the present Hollywood Bowl, as it appeared in January, 1847, at the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/14238317_10207623170481489_6094538779973207194_n.jpg14238317_10207623170481489_6094538779973207194_nhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1127.jpgimg_11272016-10-24T05:12:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/10/05/my-october-surprise-a-wolf-poaching/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ek000094.jpgM2E82L225-225R385B328M2E82L225-225R385B328https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/vlcsnap-2013-05-14-18h55m19s86.jpgvlcsnap-2013-05-14-18h55m19s86https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscf0053_3.jpgSunlite natural archhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/collared-hoodoo.jpg776Fhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0648.jpgimg_0648https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_5505.jpglittle sunlight2016-10-07T04:11:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/08/20/hoodoo-basin-an-eerie-place-and-a-story/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4.jpg4https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc01477.jpgDead White bark pines in the Hoodooshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc01471.jpgLamar drainagehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc01478.jpgHoodoohttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc01440.jpgDSC01440https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc01468.jpgDSC014682016-09-18T04:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/07/18/the-mystery-of-stockade-lake/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01352-1.jpgDSC01352 (1)https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01355.jpgDSC01355https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01351.jpgstockade lakeAx cut endhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01350.jpgDSC01350https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01349.jpgStockade LakeStockade Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01348.jpgTrail signTrail sign. What does an 'F' mean? Anyone know?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01354.jpgDSC01354https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01353.jpgYoung trees inside Stockade2016-07-18T07:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/07/10/muddy-creek-the-beartooths-and-grizzly-lore/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01322.jpgDSC01322Wilderness boundary. Muddy Creekhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/http-2f2fa-amz-mshcdn-com2fwp-content2fuploads2f20152f112fcurtis4x5-3.jpghttp-%2F%2Fa.amz.mshcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F11%2Fcurtis4x5-3Grizzly Bears are sacred to the tribes. We need to all think about them in this manner.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01334.jpgDSC01334https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01332.jpgDSC01332New flower for me. Wood Nymph Moneses uniflorahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01325.jpgDSC01325https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01331.jpgDSC01331One of my favorites. Thalictrum occidentalis. There are many beautiful Thalictrums in the landscape market. This is not one of them.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01326.jpgDSC01326Front foot with claw markshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01336-1.jpgDSC01336 (1)Bear scathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_1206.jpgIMG_1206My bear hair off of the rub treehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc01323.jpgDSC01323Same rub tree viewed up close so you can see bear fur on it2016-07-11T11:46:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/07/08/the-cave-video-a-years-review/2016-07-09T21:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/05/07/a-mountain-speaks-the-sacredness-of-naming/2016-07-08T02:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/05/06/charlie-russell-the-grizzly-whisperer/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0487.jpgthis orhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0351.jpgIMG_0351.JPGhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0290.jpgIMG_0290.JPGhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/charlierussell-bear-4.jpgcharlierussell-bear-42016-05-06T17:34:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/04/22/upcoming-talks-in-the-greater-yellowstone-region/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/press-release-bookstores1.jpgPress Release BookstoresThe Wild Excellence book and video presentaionhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/press-release-bookstores.jpgPress Release BookstoresThe Wild Excellence Book and Video Presentationhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/stories-copy.jpgstories copy2016-04-23T01:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/04/06/a-heartfelt-response-to-grizzly-delisting/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1000559.jpggrizzly in east painterGrizzly Bear minding his own businesshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2011_bervik_brown_bear20on20ground.jpg2011_bervik_brown_bear20on20ground2016-04-08T18:02:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/07/06/chief-plenty-coups-and-his-vision-quest/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/7791.jpg7791https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn2807.jpgSweat lodgeSweat lodge near the sacred spring on the propertyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn2803.jpgA special room insideThe wall decorations are reminiscent of the insides of tipishttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn2802.jpgPlenty Coups quoteI love this quote. So truehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn2801.jpgHouseThe househttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn2799.jpgPlenty Coups housePlenty Coups home, although most of the time he slept in a tipi outside2016-03-17T03:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/03/15/grizzly-bears-in-the-crosshairs/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/slide1.jpgSlide12016-03-16T20:32:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/03/02/cougar-ah-ha-moment/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc00405.jpgDSC00405Cougar scrape. The depression was made with the cougar's back legs pushing backhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscf1085.jpgDSCF1085.JPGAncient native lean to by riverhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscf1098.jpgDSCF1098.JPGRoute from below to above for animalshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscf1076.jpgDSCF1076.JPGDead Indian creek at the crossinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscf1074.jpgDSCF1074.JPGEntrance to the hidden passage2016-03-03T04:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/01/28/cougars-thieves-politics/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2014-idaho-extreme-cougar-hunt-104.jpg2014-idaho-extreme-cougar-hunt-104https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1040.jpgIMG_1040https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cougar-kitten-250.jpgcougar-kitten-250https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1036.jpgIMG_10362016-01-30T02:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2016/01/03/does-the-land-weep-for-us/2016-01-09T14:19:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/12/12/delisting-just-around-the-corner/2015-12-17T05:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/11/09/winter-must-be-coming-as-the-muskrats-are-building-their-homes/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn30191.jpgPush up muskrathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn3020.jpgDistant pushupshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn3022.jpgMuskrat househttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn3019.jpgDSCN3019https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn3021.jpgDSCN3021https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rscn2841.jpgmuskrat2015-11-11T16:35:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/10/13/grizzly-bears-facing-an-uncertain-future-with-delisting-around-the-corner/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/white-bark-pine.jpgwhite bark pine bear conflicts chart2015-10-14T23:57:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/09/17/grizzlies-and-their-nasty-image-the-journals-of-lewis-and-clark/2015-09-17T20:00:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/09/09/the-wild-excellence-a-review/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/high-country-news-review.jpgHigh Country News reviewAugust 31, 2015 issue of High Country News Magazine2015-09-09T13:42:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/09/04/an-incredible-bear-story-addendum-to-previous-post/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lunch-break-at-the-summit.jpegLunch break at the summitLunch at the summithttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/gray-jay.jpegGray Jayhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wood-river-peaks.jpegWood River Peakshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wood-river.jpegWood Riverhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wood-river.jpgWood River2015-09-08T00:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/08/31/sparhawk-lake-beartooths-atvs-and-grizzly-bears/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/grizzly.jpegGrizzlyYoung grizzly in the meadows by my househttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sawtooth-lake-beartooths.jpegSawtooth Lake BeartoothsSawtooth Lake, Beartoothshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/illegal-atv-trail.jpgIllegal ATV trailThis is an illegal ATV road that follows the northwest boundary of the lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/plaque-at-sparhawk-lake.jpgPlaque at Sparhawk LakePlaque on rockhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sparhawk-lake-beartooths.jpgSparhawk Lake, BeartoothsSparhawk Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sparhawk-forest-service-cabin.jpgSparhawk Forest Service CabinSparhawk Forest Service Cabin built in 19082015-09-01T04:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/08/27/kodas-blog/2015-08-28T03:22:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/08/20/grizzly-bears-in-the-news/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/grizzly-bear1.jpgGrizzly bearhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/grizzly-mom-and-cubs.jpgGrizzly mom and cubs2015-08-23T05:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/08/16/techno-danger-for-yellowstone-wildlife/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bison-close-to-car.jpgBison close to car2015-08-20T05:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/08/05/visits-to-a-cave/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/grizzly-bear.jpgGrizzly Bearhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cougar.jpgCougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cottontail.jpgCottontail rabbitCan you find this visitorhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/grizzly-bear-and-cave.jpgGrizzly Bearhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cinnamon-bear.jpgCinnamon Bearhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cinnamon-bear-in-cave.jpgCinnamon Black BearCinnamon Bear coming out of cavehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cougar-marks-territory.jpgAnother cougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/elk-explores-cave.jpgElkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mountain-lion.jpgCougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/marmot.jpgMarmot2015-08-06T17:24:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/08/04/how-to-make-a-plaster-track-cast/2015-08-05T01:58:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/07/26/koda-confronts-death/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/koda-and-soona.jpgKoda and SoonaKoda and Soona just before she diedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wolf-tracks.jpgWolf TracksKoda compares his foot to a wolf trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/koda-at-deweys-gate.jpgKoda at deweys gateKoda enjoys a viewhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/koda-on-an-elk-carcass.jpgkoda on an elk carcassKoda enjoys an elk carcass killed by wolveshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/koda-in-sedona.jpgKoda in SedonaKoda in Sedona2015-07-26T21:10:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/02/18/tracking-cougars/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00523.jpgCougar ScrapAnother viewhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00530.jpgnice cougar trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00529.jpgCougar printMeasuring this print, its shape. I decide its a male and then confirmed by the scrap it lefthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00528.jpgCougar printBig cat printhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00524.jpgCougar ScrapScrap, around 8" with a pile in the back. Cougar pushes with his back feet his scenthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00519.jpgCougar trackCougar sidetracks along a cliff edge where I decided to go aroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00518.jpgCougar print over bootCougar print over a human boot who was tracking him2015-07-26T21:08:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/04/22/cougars-and-other-cougars-and-wolves/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn2779.jpgCougar carcassHow I found ithttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf0042.jpgWikiupDowned wikiuphttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn2780.jpgCougar deer kill siteSite of covered deer.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_00561.jpgCougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn2776.jpgcougar killedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn2775.jpgCougar carcass2015-07-26T21:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/05/17/more-cougar-madness-with-videos/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image7.jpegCougar scatExamining cougar scat in the Parkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image7-2.jpegToni RuthBig Cat Expert Toni Ruth leads a class in Yellowstone. Here she is collecting cougar hair2015-07-26T21:07:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/07/18/what-kind-of-dogs-are-wolves-by-koda/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wikiup.jpgwikiupThis is a wikiuphttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/black-wolf.jpgBlack WolfWhat a beauty she was2015-07-19T14:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/07/14/rewilding-the-beartooths/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc00795.jpgElephant's headElephant's headhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc00794.jpgRobin eggRobin egg, hatchedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc00792.jpghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc00791.jpgGrizzly bearYoung grizzly bearhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc00784.jpgStockade lakeStockade Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc00782.jpgStockade LakeStockade at stockade lake2016-08-10T19:44:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/06/29/what-are-these-sounds/2015-07-08T14:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/04/03/lawns-for-a-drying-california/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/carex-pansa-backyard-lawn.jpgCarex pansa backyard lawnCarex pansa lawn with kids and dogs in househole2015-07-05T18:31:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/08/16/new-ideas-for-lawn-part-2-carex-pansa-carex-texansis/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/carex-pansa-lawn.jpgCarex pansa lawnCarex pansa in a large backyard situationhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/carex-texansis.jpgCarex texansisC. Texansis under tree. Can be deciduous but was not here in the Bay Area. Good for dry shadehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/carex-pansa.jpgCarex pansaCarex pansa front yard lawnhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0032.jpgCarex texansisCarex texansis in shady application under treehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscf9174.jpgFront yardC. pansa in a front yardhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/cheryls-garden-dsc_0018-e1428169843464.jpgCarex pansa lawnBack yard applicationhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/mg_7280.jpgFront yard Carex pansaFront yard application2015-07-05T18:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/06/28/we-could-have-many-more-places-like-yellowstone/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00748.jpgDSC00748Devils Tower, WYhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscf9194.jpgMarsh MarigoldMarsh Marigoldhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscf9197.jpgKalmiaKalmia, used by some tribes to commit suicide as it is deadly poisonoushttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf9188.jpgIn the Beartooths2015-06-29T01:07:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/06/09/california-gardens-decomposed-granite/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/decomposed-granite-mixed-fines.jpgDecomposed Granite patio with mixed finesDecomposed Granite patio with Lots of natives with view https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/decomposed-granite-patio-with-mixed-fines.jpgDecomposed granite patio with mixed finesDecomposed granite patio using a creative mix of fines to achieve our colorhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-patio-with-flagstone-inserts.jpgDecomposed Granite patio with flagstone insertsDecomposed granite patio with flagstone showerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0066.jpg2 years laterExcept the small lawn, the beds are all low water, mostly succulents/nativeshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0052.jpgSucculents and dry hillsideNew plantings, the owner choose the chess set.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0055.jpgNew pool and new plant materialPlants as Sculpture. Each pot has a different architectural planthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0051.jpgAnother propertyThis is a different property with a great view of SF bayhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0087.jpgThe ViewThe view from all patios. These are drought tolerant plants, mostly natives, on an Oak woodland interfacehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0075.jpgOutdoor showerAnother Decomposed granite patio with view. Thornless blackberries overhang near outdoor showerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0061.jpgSmall patioVery small patio with grand view2015-06-21T19:03:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/05/24/more-patio-notes/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/decomposed-granite-patio-dusting-method.jpgDecomposed Granite patio dusting methodDecomposed Granite patio dusting method after 5 years needs new 1/2" DG applicationhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-small-patio.jpgDecomposed granite small patioDecomposed granite small patio with pavers; Pavers set in Dymondia groundcoverhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decomposed-granite-patio.jpgDecomposed Granite patiohttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3961.jpgCobblesPlacing the edging cobbleshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dscn2708.jpgRock placed to use as a seat around patiocobble edging detail around natural stone seathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_5735.jpgWorking the concrete into and around the pavershttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_5730.jpgPouring the concrete patioThe pourhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dscn2707.jpgIndian pavers with river rocks as edgingRiver rocks edge patio for an artistic lookhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dscn2692.jpgCarex pansa lawnCarex lawn with small plants as edginghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dscn2687.jpgInteresting experiment with concretePavers set in concrete2015-06-21T18:52:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/05/23/spring-grizzly-tracking-and-whats-up-with-delisting/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00697.jpgFaint grizzly printhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00696.jpgGrizzly bear printCan you see these two bear prints, front and back?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn2816.jpgCoyoteCoyote relaxing before she goes mousing againhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn2808.jpgYoung bull mooseYoung bull moosehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sandhill-crane.jpgSandhill craneSandhill Cranehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn2821.jpgSand LilySand lilyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn2790.jpgRuddy Duck with Horned GrebesRuddy Duck with Horned Grebeshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn2835.jpgKoda and bear scathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/griz-bear-pring.jpgGrizzly Bear PrintPrint looks even larger because its in mud, but you can see his clawshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00695.jpggrizzly bear print in waterBear print in a puddle2015-06-03T13:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/05/14/tips-for-low-water-gardens/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dry-ca.jpgDry CA2015-05-15T02:26:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/04/15/the-heart-of-wildness/2015-04-15T22:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/04/10/spirit-of-the-mountain/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc00616.jpgcougar printFresh prints in the snow lead up to the killhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0125.jpgtwo cougarsmale and female cougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc00615.jpgCougar killCougar killed deer. You can see the puncture wound at the back of the neckhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0181.jpgFemale cougarFemale cougar checks out a scrapehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc00613.jpgCougar killOld cougar kill. There is nothing left here but the cat piled it up neatlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0056.jpgcougar scentingCougar taking a scent up into its vomeronasal organ on the roof of its moutn2015-04-11T19:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/04/05/some-lessons-from-a-great-hunter-tracker-turned-conservationist-of-the-20th-century/2015-04-06T04:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/03/28/grey-owl-trapper-turned-conservationist/2015-04-08T00:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/03/14/doug-smith-yellowstone-beavers-and-salmon/2015-03-14T22:39:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/02/28/are-beavers-the-real-drivers-of-trophic-cascades-in-yellowstone/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00477.jpgBeaver evidenceBeaver evidence on Russell Creek2015-05-21T14:07:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/02/20/more-on-mountain-lions/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_0006.jpgCougarCougar exhibits a flehmen responsehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_0003.jpgCougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00471.jpgcougar bed siteCougar bed sitehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00469.jpgCougar killCougar deer kill dragged to rock crevice2015-02-22T16:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/02/14/the-health-of-the-land/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00504.jpgBig horn sheepRam grouphttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00506.jpgBighorn sheephttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00498.jpgBighorn sheephttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00489-e1423956779352.jpgelk moving up the hillsidehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00488.jpgElkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc00485.jpgElk in the AbsarokaThe Absarokas and elk2015-02-15T16:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/02/07/tracking-notes/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn2712-e1423357377554.jpgwolfHoodoo wolf prowling aroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn2685.jpgyoung mooseHere's my moosehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn2743.jpgMore wolf tracksI counted around 11 or 12 wolveshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn2741.jpgWolf tracksOver time six wolves came trotting down the roadhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn2737.jpgwolf trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn2736.jpgcanine side trotWolf trothttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_0004.jpgcoyote2015-02-08T01:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/01/30/cougars-pumas-and-mountain-lions-in-yellowstone-national-park/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image.jpegCougar classOur class! We had fun.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc00445.jpgpointing out a scrapWhere a Scrap might be under a large coniferhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc00432.jpgwolf watchingHearing wolf howlshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc00425.jpgDSC00425https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc00464.jpgCollecting cougar scatCollecting cougar scat the scientific way with tweezers2015-01-31T04:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/01/23/what-is-base-line/2015-01-25T15:15:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/01/12/did-limpy-the-coyote-survive/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscn2725.jpegcoyote runs with wolfThis coyote ran right over three wolf trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscn2727.jpegSunriseSunrisehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscn2734.jpegLimpy coyoteCoyote running. rear feet are in front of front feet. Notice the 2nd print from top. That is the left rear and its noticeably smallerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscn2733.jpeggroup of coyotesSpot the limpy coyote.2015-01-13T21:54:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2015/01/04/the-mysterious-elk/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscn2698.jpgElk feeding in sagebrushG&F habitat that usually is never grazed by the elk. This year they are loving it!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscn2693.jpgElkCoveted elk habitat on property that could be a subdivisionhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscn2679.jpgCoyote and wolfCoyote travels one way while a wolf travels in the opposite directionhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscn2665.jpgElkThe new fence with lots of elk there this year. They are resting these grasses so have reduced cattle grazinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscn2643.jpegSunriseSunrise at my house2015-01-05T16:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/12/15/filling-out-the-dialogue-on-trapping/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/koda-and-trap.jpegkoda and trapSee the trap to the right of Koda. That is the spot it was in, about one foot off the road, covered with dirt and no signagehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0178.jpegClarks forkView of the river from the flats above where old beaver ponds arehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0347.jpegTrap I.D.All trappers must have their ID or name on their trap. Look for it and write it down in case it was illegally placed2015-01-04T04:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/12/13/thomas-jaggar-visits-the-absarokas-in-1893/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/psm_v54_d497_the_gulch_and_its_latest_victim.jpgJaggar in Death GulchJaggar in Yellowstone Park's death gulch where he discovered 8 dead bears killed by the noxious gases.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/close-to-jagger-photo.jpeg2014 photo of sunlight valley2014 same locationhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jagger-sunlight-valley.jpeg1893 Photo of Sunlight valley1893 Photo2014-12-14T05:34:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/12/04/wandering-after-a-waxing-moon/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0303.jpgWhite tailed Jackrabbithttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc00211.jpgDSC00211https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc00212.jpgDSC00212https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc00213.jpgJackrabbithttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/marten-track.jpgmarten trackTypical marten gait 2x2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc00218.jpgMarten tracksMarten trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc00208.jpgDSC00208https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc00207-e1417671161436.jpgvoleVolehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc00205.jpgweasel tracksup closehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc00204.jpgWeasel tracksWeasel tracks next to my footprint2014-12-04T06:24:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/11/29/the-common-deer/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscn2139.jpgBuck deer groomingA buck mule deer spends time grooming his friendhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image001.jpgkoda and elkKoda observes elk feedinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscn3602.jpgDSCN3602https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscn3688.jpgMule deer bucks2014-11-29T06:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/11/18/shoshone-national-forest-hosts-a-heated-day-long-discussion-on-their-proposed-20-year-plan/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscn0896.jpg2014-11-19T04:28:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/10/02/wolves-management-cattle-and-wyoming/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0025.jpgGriz mom and cubsGrizzlies too are killed for cattle predation on public landshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4554.jpgLandscapeExpensive landscape losses are no different for a rich homeowner than the loss of cattle for a rich cattlemanhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_04531.jpgIMG_0453https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0453.jpgIMG_04532014-12-04T14:57:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/09/28/the-wild-excellence-what-it-means-and-why-i-wrote-it/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0005.jpgcougarsTwo adult cougars travel togetherhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0025-e1411929436184.jpgGriz with 2 cubsGrizzly mom with two cubs of the year near my house2014-10-02T01:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/09/27/smart-urban-planning-and-wildlands-an-interconnection/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf0135.jpgJapanese Maple2014-09-27T17:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/09/14/more-about-grizzly-bears-grizzlies-the-pca-and-the-wind-river-white-bark-pines/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc00491.jpgDSC00491Another pine full of coneshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc00492.jpgWhite Bark PinesWhite Bark pines in the Winds. Healthy stands2015-08-18T16:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/09/07/the-wild-excellence-notes-from-untamed-america/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/patten_front_large.pngThe Wild Excellence front cover lrghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/patten_fullcover.pngThe Wild Excellence2014-09-08T03:20:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/08/29/more-about-bears-pine-nuts-and-delisting/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/griz.jpggrizzly in YellowstoneYellowstone grizzlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn2469.jpgWhite Bark ForestAt least 75% of this Whitebark forest is dead; in other places on Windy it is more like 90%https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn2467.jpgTree with bear signThis tree has a blaze and to the left a bear left its own blaze2014-08-30T02:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/08/17/the-power-of-the-bear/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0538.jpgBlack bearSorry he looks so far away. iPhone photo, but he is just across the creek looking back at me and Kodahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0558.jpgIMG_0558https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_05591.jpgIMG_0559https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0565.jpgTrail creek areaNear Trail Creek. '88 Fire burnhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0563.jpgBear rub treebear rub treehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0562.jpgBear hairGrizzly bear rub treehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0561.jpgThimbleberryThimbleberry not quite ripe. Yummyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0559.jpgBlack bear printBlack bear printhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0553.jpgBaneberryConsidered poisonous but bears do eat themhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0552.jpgIMG_05522014-08-17T23:46:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/08/13/bighorn-sheep-the-poster-child-for-extreme-management/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0494.jpgBrooks LakeBrooks Lake Western Dunoir areahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cougar.jpgCougarCougar caught on my trail camhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img0649_1_1.jpgRocky Mountain Bighorn sheephttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0508.jpgJade lakeJade Lake near Bonneville pass in the Dunoir2014-08-16T02:08:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/07/09/hawk-and-eagle-day/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscn2382.jpgDrone over nestDrone over nest with Heart Mountain in backgroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscn2412.jpgBandingBanding the birdhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscn2355.jpgRed Tailed Hawk babyThe young Red-tailedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscn2400.jpgGolden EagleMeasuringhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscn2353.jpgIronside Bird RescueAt the Rescue centerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscn2360.jpgRed Tail babyRed Tail baby in its cage. https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscn2374.jpgThe DroneThe drone and the laptap where the live feed comes out.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscn2362.jpgRed-Tailed hawkCutting up mice for the young Red-tailedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscn2405.jpgGolden Eagle weightWeighing the birdhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscn2426.jpgGolden Eagle chickChuck Preston with chick after banding2014-07-09T14:40:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/06/29/speak-for-wolves/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn2350.jpgMooseMoose on highway 212 outside the Parkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn2342.jpgBlack BearLittle Black bear in Yellowstonehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn2321.jpgBald EagleBald Eaglehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn2329.jpgelkElk lounge on the high school field in Gardinerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn2312.jpgMuskratMuskrat photo finally!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn2323.jpgThe eventThe event at Arch Park. YNP historic arch in backgroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn2339.jpgGreat Horned babyGreat Horned baby with mousehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn2347.jpgBison and baby2014-06-30T15:21:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/06/19/western-painted-turtles/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn2265.jpegBringing the turtle homeBringing the turtle home to the redeveloped springhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn2269.jpegTurtleWestern Painted turtlehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0408.jpegChicken wire fenceCreating a habitat area with a chicken wire fencehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0409.jpegThe habitatLots of sunning areas2014-06-20T22:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/10/10/blackfeet-wolves-and-emblems-of-the-spirit/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn0745.jpgBisonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn0537.jpgDeer in velvethttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn0502.jpgWeather2014-05-31T14:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/05/11/what-the-lamar-valley-has-to-offer-in-may/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn2194.jpegBison babieshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn2185.jpegBison and nursing calfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn2197.jpegGrizzlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn2201.jpegRam2014-05-12T15:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/05/05/the-park-ne-entrance-opens/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn2176.jpgCoyotehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn2172.jpgPronghornhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn2175.jpgSandhill craneshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn2179.jpgGrizzly https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn2167.jpgCooke CityCooke City today, looking towards the NE entrancehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn2165.jpgPlowFollowing the Plow to Yellowstone2014-05-10T12:56:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/04/24/shed-hunting/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscn1036.jpgDSCN1036https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscn3686_2.jpegDSCN3686_2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscn15381.jpegDSCN1538https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscn5592.jpgelkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscn1538.jpegDeer with new antlersDeer with emerging antlers--in velvet2014-04-25T15:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/04/14/some-tipi-rings/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0207.jpgIMG_0207https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0205.jpgTipi RingsYou can see the ring of rocks embedded in the dirt2014-04-16T03:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/11/29/california-natives-part-3-groundcovers-manzanitas-ceanothus/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/img_6141.jpgIMG_6141https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mg_7354.jpg_MG_7354https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscf9194.jpgDSCF9194https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscf0075.jpgYet another viewhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscf0074.jpgAnother viewhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscf0073.jpgCeanothus Hearts Desirehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/img_3990.jpgone yearhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/img_2538.jpgArctostaphylos right after installation2014-08-25T09:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/06/a-few-great-and-reliable-plants-for-california-landscapes/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/img_5626.jpgAgaveAnother view of Agave Sharkskin. WOWhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn2698.jpgPippin redLoropetalum 'Pippin Red'https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/forestpansy.jpgForestPansyHere is the acaena with Cercis Forest Pansyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4065.jpgsenecioSenecio serpens in front of young succulents and bamboohttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn2677.jpgDymondiaDymondia highlights chrondopetalumshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn2659.jpgAgave sharkskinhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn0080.jpgCentradeniaCentradenia with Cordyline 'Festival'https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn0067.jpgDymondiaDymondiahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn0064.jpgPodocarpusPodocarpus with dymondiahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscf9202.jpgacaenaAcaena purpurea2014-04-12T20:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/04/25/edible-landscapes-a-primer/2014-04-12T20:38:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/03/30/the-mysterious-cougar/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0175.jpgCougar killCougar dragged this kill to the forest edge where Koda now is enjoying ithttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0178.jpgCanyon edgeWhat was the cat doing down herehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0174.jpegPuncture woundsLook closely on the left lower side of the photo and you will see 1 large and 1 small puncture holehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0169.jpgCougar killHaircut look. Hair is sheared off.2014-04-01T01:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/03/24/elk-the-poster-child-for-an-elegant-chaos/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/great-wolf-photo.jpegGray wolfWolf wary of infared lighthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn2148.jpgElk with collarPredated elk with collar. How the elk died, we don't know. But she provided a good meal for a lot of predators.2014-04-08T01:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/03/20/ode-to-a-wyoming-spring/2014-03-21T03:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/03/16/the-fox-and-the-hound/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0141.jpgFox trailFox continues but I don'thttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0138.jpgFox tracksFox track and rulerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0142.jpgEnd of my climbWhere I had to stop because of deep snowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0140.jpgWolf and fox crossWolf track lower left; fox track lower right. Then they cross.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0163.jpgFox trackFox track close-up2014-03-17T15:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/01/17/the-ecology-of-awareness-vs-the-landscape-of-fear/2015-03-01T23:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/02/22/some-winter-musings/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn1997.jpgelk in Januaryhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0214_4.jpegWolfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0446.jpgWolfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0547.jpgBull elkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0423.jpgWolfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pict0078.jpgFoxhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0036.jpgMystery shelterHole that doesn't go anywhere dug out for a temporary shelter.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn2012.jpgSnowshoe hareFront feet are in the rear and the back feet on top. Look how big and wide the back feet are, like a snowshoe. Hence, the namehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn2013.jpgMarten trackDistinct weasel-type prints 2x2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn2073.jpgcoyote limp2014-02-23T22:14:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/02/16/noisy-and-curious-elk-check-out-a-photo-trap-for-a-bobcat/2014-02-22T17:46:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/01/31/how-to-collar-a-wolf/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn20011.jpegDSCN2001https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn0013.jpegHelicopter with loadHere's how its done although this pix is of cargo. The wolf would be wrapped in a net.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn2049.jpegBighornBighorn sheep last week in the Lamar Valleyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lamar-female-collaring-in-sunlight.jpgWolf collaringNot today's wolf but here is an example of collaring.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn2059_2.jpegWInter elk herd2014-02-01T02:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2014/01/08/our-american-history/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0517.jpgCavehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0299.jpgIMG_0299https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0283.jpgwallsExquisite walls by master builders at Chaco could be over 4 stories highhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0282.jpgSolsticeUnique corner window where the light shines through perfectly on the winter solsticehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0281.jpgThe largest KivaThe largest Kiva at Chaco could house hundreds if not a thousand peoplehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0263.jpgKiva rebuiltThis is a kiva at Aztec Ruins that was reconstructed.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0040.jpgLocationThe location of this artwork. This is at the very top of Comb Ridge with a view to the San Juan River miles belowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0038.jpgThe ProcessionalA more macro view of the storyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0034.jpgA small partThis is a small piece of a very large story called The Processionalhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0157.jpgFingersFingerprints are common to be seen on the plaster and mortar work. If this doesn't connect you with the people who did this work, nothing will.2014-01-08T21:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/11/16/muskrats/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn1761.jpgMuskrat push up homeClose up of a constructed house. These don't last more than a season usuallyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn1771.jpgSwamp lakeOver 700 acres of wetland lies beneath these cliffshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn1762.jpgMuskrat houseMuskrat house near shoreline. Note frozen water2013-12-01T03:47:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/11/16/fox/2013-11-16T21:36:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/11/04/the-fox-and-the-study-area/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/fox2.jpgRed foxhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/fox.jpgfox2013-11-06T00:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/10/14/wyomings-wolf-hunt-hits-hard/2014-04-29T03:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/10/03/bears-and-wolves/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p1000559.jpegGrizzly BearGrizzly bearhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p1000550_2.jpegWolf PrintWolf tracks2013-10-04T01:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/09/01/climate-change-in-action-a-glacial-event-at-dinwoody-creek/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1435150524.jpg1435150524Dinwoody Creek. Koda finds a drink. The river ran so fast I had to keep him away.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1435150526.jpg1435150526Honeymoon lake on the descent into the valleyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf1506.jpgDSCF15062013-09-06T02:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/08/29/fall-is-acoming/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/c2d1b-chokecherryprunusvirginiana.jpgc2d1b-chokecherryprunusvirginianahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_0024.jpgYoung grizYoung bear yesterday coming to look for berries2021-05-11T19:51:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/08/22/wind-rivers-epicenter-of-rocky-mountain-archaeology/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn1631.jpgDSCN1631Lake Louise near Whiskey Mountain and Ring Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn1651.jpgDSCN1651https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn1646.jpgDSCN1646https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn1653.jpgWind RiverLake Louisehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn1647.jpgDSCN1647https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn1643.jpgDSCN1643https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn1663.jpgDSCN1663https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn1661.jpgDSCN16612013-08-22T20:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/07/28/wolf-watching/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p1000510.jpgWolf amongst cowsHard to see, but the small dot in the foreground is the wolf mousing amongst the cattlehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/wolf.jpgwolfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscn1197.jpgWolvesA disrupted Lamar Canyon pack in the valley this winter2014-11-01T20:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/06/27/co-existing-with-predators/2013-09-09T18:09:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/06/19/goshawks-porcupines-and-wildflowers/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p1000442.jpgPorcupinePorcupine waddling awayhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p1000454.jpgP1000454Goshawk resting during dive-bombing mehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p1000450.jpgP1000450Goshawk nest2013-06-21T14:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/05/29/dog-talk/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf0110.jpgWindsWith my personhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fh000022.jpgheavenCanine heavenhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fh000021.jpghigh countryWatch the paws on this kind of stuff2013-05-29T18:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/05/09/shhh-mothers-day-access-to-the-park-from-highway-212/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf0036.jpgYellowstone LakeKeep our wilderness wild!2013-05-09T23:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/05/05/bighorn-sheep-sheep-eaters-and-soapstone/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn1426.jpgBighorn sheephttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn1409.jpgBighorn sheephttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn1404.jpgYoung bighorn sheephttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn1396.jpgAbsaroka spring 2013https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/soapstone-sources.jpgSoapstone sourcesSoapstone sources around the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystemhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn1395.jpgWyoming soapstoneOdd shaped Wyoming soapstone blockhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn1394.jpgbowlMy almost finished bowlhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn0497.jpgSheep Eater bowlYNP Archives Sheep Eater bowlhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn1393.jpgDSCN1393https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn0496.jpgUnfinished bowlYNP archives2018-10-10T04:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/04/17/another-view/2013-04-18T00:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/04/17/wolf-investigates/2013-04-18T00:26:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/04/03/everyone-needs-a-study-area/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn1197.jpgLamar PackThe YNP wolves visited Sunlight this winter for a few months.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/study-area-2013-color.jpegStudy area 2013 color2013-04-29T03:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/03/17/weasel/2013-03-18T03:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/03/13/marten/2013-03-14T05:02:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/03/13/bobcats/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn1341.jpgThe TerrainBobcat takes me up highhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn1332.jpgBobcat printsCats like to walk on downed logs to help hide their scenthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn1330.jpgBobcat printsThis cat was almost completely direct registering but here he did a curious thingshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn1321.jpgBobcat21" stride direct register made me think he was trotting or just a big bobcat walkinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn1326.jpgBobcatNice direct register print with my 3' tape measure for sizehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn0987.jpgBobcatPhoto I took of a bobcat in Palm Springs wildlife zoo. He looks like he wants to get out there.2013-03-15T16:06:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/03/04/cougars-and-wolves-a-puzzle/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cougar-paw-copy.jpgCougar pawhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn1135.jpgLeft Hind cougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn1154.jpgDSCN1154https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn1143.jpghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn1140.jpgDSCN1140https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn1144.jpgRight front (Rt.) Left hind over front foot (lt) cougarRight front (Rt.) Left hind over front foot (lt) cougar2013-03-09T15:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/02/14/tracking-small-mammals/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscf9012.jpgVoleVole bound. You can see it's tail draghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscf9019.jpgLoggingYou can see the slash pile beyond Koda. This was a heavily forested area before logginghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscf9009.jpgMarten trackRuler shows trail widthhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscf9010.jpgMarten tracksScale shows width of trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscf9007.jpgMouse tracksMouse tracks in snowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscf9001.jpgVole tracksTypical vole gait on snowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/weasel-lope.jpgweasel lopeThese are really clear weasel tracks on the porchhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn1048.jpgDSCN1048you can see the 2x2 gait where the back feet land in the front feet tracks.2013-02-15T15:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2013/01/28/turning-my-head-upside-down-about-grizzlies/2013-01-31T16:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/12/14/the-cry-heard-around-the-world/2012-12-19T23:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/12/04/cougars-ghost-of-the-mountain/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_3259.jpgIMG_32592012-12-13T05:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/11/02/what-is-an-elephant/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscf1662.jpgWildernesshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn0476.jpgRabbithttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn0584.jpgSunrisehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_0167-e1554259814830.jpgMule deerMule deer with fawn2012-11-11T01:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/10/09/a-farewell-to-a-wonderfully-curious-wolf-pup-of-the-hoodoo-pack/2012-10-13T03:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/09/18/ernest-hemingway-bears-and-sunlight/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0369-e1441421408996.jpgGrizzly cubGrizzly walks next to my house in summer 20112012-09-19T02:48:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/09/06/summer-backpack-in-the-winds/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0099.jpgPrue Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0115.jpgcreekhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0097.jpgdead whitebarksDead ancient whitebark pineshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0092.jpgSandpoint lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0040.jpgPetroglyphhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0125.jpgPrue Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0120.jpgBlueberry bushhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0113.jpgEurope Canyonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0110.jpgEurope CanyonAt Europe Canyonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0088.jpgContinental DivideMiddle Fork Lake...the Divide2012-09-06T15:53:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/08/05/the-gloria-project-in-the-beartooth-mountains/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf00411.jpgFox on Beartooth HighwayFox on Beartooth Highwayhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0037.jpgOld Sheep herder cairnSheep herder cairn on a summit with quartzhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0036.jpgGLORIA project quartz veinQuartz on the summithttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0023.jpgA potential summit GLORIAA possible summithttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0031.jpgBird nestBird nest on summit with chickshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0074.jpgGLORIA project on the BeartoothsView from one of the GLORIA summitshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0414.jpgShoshonea pulvinataShoshonea pulvinatahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0082.jpgGLORIA projectCounting plant material within the gridhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0421.jpgBald ridge ShoshoneaWhere Shoshonea grows on Bald Ridgehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0076.jpgGloria projectMarking the grid for photographs2013-04-30T18:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/07/31/the-tipping-point/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0012.jpgDead Whitebark PineDead Whitebark Pine foresthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn0379.jpgSpring areaSpring area, one springhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ek000008.jpgMoosehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn0441.jpgDSCN0441https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_0159.jpgFawn nursinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_0279-e1489207067294.jpgcougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_0369.jpgblack bear2012-07-31T12:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/31/pheromones-pine-beetles-and-more-about-fires/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/stb_5064.jpgCathedral Cliffs along Chief Joseph Highway2012-07-22T23:34:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/07/08/weasels-and-birds/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn0403.jpgbluebird dadConcerned dadhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn0399.jpgchickfledging hiding in bushes, making it's way farther from the nest boxhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn0401.jpgmommom still feeding the one chick left in the busheshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn0397.jpgthe box2012-07-26T04:24:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/07/05/what-is-wild/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ek000006.jpgBlack bear cutCub carves out his space in the forest nearbyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2323.jpgElk studyElk study expedition2012-07-05T19:13:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/06/02/more-cougar-photos/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_0107.jpgIMG_0107https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_0117.jpgIMG_01172012-06-04T04:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/05/27/cougar-photos/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0009.jpgCougarCougar coming throughhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0007.jpgCougarA cautious cougar2012-05-28T00:51:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/05/26/more-cougars-with-some-wolves-thrown-in/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0151.jpgRocky ridgeRocky ridge I hiked tohttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0152.jpgDrainage mountain lion Drainage with some water I followed and found lion trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0170.jpgCougar castCast of cougar prints--right side is rear on top, front on bottom. Cougar was going at a fast trot. Left print is a direct registerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0144.jpgCougar caveDen site of a cougarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0145.jpgcougar caveCougar cavehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0162.jpgFemale collared wolfAlpha female; mom of yearling pup killed this weekhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0160.jpgcougar print2012-05-27T17:30:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/05/20/wolves-cougars-and-the-little-woods/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0135.jpgCougar signTelltale sign of where a cougar covered its' kill. Plucked fur abounds.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0140.jpghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0047.jpgBuck in velvethttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0013.jpgGrey wolf first shot from trail camerahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0015-e1422075612555.jpgGrey wolfYearling pup 2012-05-22T01:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/05/15/hike-up-cottonwood-canyon-at-the-base-of-the-bighorns/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf15851.jpgCottonwood CanyonUnidentified plant. Suggestions?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf15831.jpgCottonwood CanyonNear the hike's beginninghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf15861.jpgCottonwood CanyonA few miles up and a lunch stophttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf1593.jpgCottonwood CanyonUnusual cliff formationhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf1576.jpgCottonwood Canyon entranceStart of the hikehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf1594.jpgLooking back toward the Bighorn Basin from up the CanyonLooking back toward the Bighorn Basin from up the Canyon2012-05-16T04:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/05/11/yellowstone-and-the-lamar-at-its-finest-wolves-bears-and-high-drama/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0108.jpgCoyoteCoyote searching sagebrush for preyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/coyote-pronghorn.jpgcoyote pronghornCoyote searches sagebrush for pronghorn calves with pronghorns on his heelshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0115.jpgLamar valleySitting here listening to wolf howls from male of the extinct Agate packhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0098.jpgLamar wolf pupLamar wolf pup swims away from Molly's Packhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0094.jpg'06 female'06 swims the Lamar river, emerges onto the road right in front of tourists.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0093.jpgAlpha wolfLamar alpha swims river back to denhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0091.jpg832F '06 this summer hightails it away from Molly Packhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0087-e1336776416164.jpgGrizzly sits on carcassGrizzly sits on carcass guarding ithttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0085-e1336776340741.jpgGrizzlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn0083.jpgBlack GrizzlyBlack grizzly2012-05-12T23:00:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/05/03/owls-and-more-owls/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0016_2.jpgWolf on trail camera2012-05-04T04:53:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/04/29/close-to-open-yellowstone-park/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf1571.jpgBear trap or cacheBear trap or cachehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn0024.jpgMoose on the Beartooth HighwayBeartooth Cow Moose amidst last years logged area in Aspenshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn0045.jpgBuck in front yardBuck with nubby antlers in front yardhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn0022.jpgHelicopter picking up load of seedA flatbed worth of seed. 1500 pounds of seed in that sack.2012-04-30T17:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/04/20/an-afternoon-hike-in-april/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/moose-and-baby.jpgmoose and babyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn5761.jpgElk on hillsidehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf1555.jpgsulphur hillsideSulphur deposits. Nothing growinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf1553.jpgEphermeral pond2012-04-21T02:45:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/04/09/ways-not-to-treat-our-lands/2012-04-22T14:59:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/04/02/cougar-town/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn5730.jpgCougar leaves rumenKill site where cougar surgically removed rumen before eatinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn5731.jpgCougar plucked hairCougars use their lower incisors to shear fur from skinhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn5734.jpgCougar kill siteCougar dragged kill to this sitehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn5741.jpgCougar stashCougar kill that was dragged under this tree and then coveredhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn5736.jpgRumenDeer paunch surgically removed2012-04-03T20:33:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/03/25/bird-language/2012-03-26T14:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/03/19/frank-revisited/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1539.jpgGoat trackGoat trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1542.jpgHammitt plaquehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1543.jpgMemorialMemorial with Antelope butte in backgroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1536.jpgClark's ForkIs this where he fell from? Ledge near the burial sitehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1527.jpgcoffin another viewAnother view of the wagon box coffinhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1530.jpgView of the coffin and areaView of the area. Ephemeral pond in this meadowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1523.jpgThe coffinHammitt's coffin next to the boulder2012-03-20T22:43:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/03/12/false-spring-or-climate-change/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscn5710.jpgElk herd in valleyElk herd in valley on a warm dayhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscn5692.jpgBull MooseShows that he recently lost his antlershttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscn5678.jpgMooseMoose mom and male calfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1414.jpgGrouse tracksGrouse trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1424.jpgWolf trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscn5674.jpgelk and snow2012-03-13T23:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/03/01/cat-tracking/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1447.jpgcougar printCougar hind track measuring 2.75 x 3.25https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscn5301.jpgKodaMy great protectorhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1457.jpgcat sitdownBobcat sitdownhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1455.jpgBobcat trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1433.jpgMountain goatshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1448.jpgCougar trackThis track measures 3"x3" approx.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1454.jpgcougar trackcougar track with my measuring tapehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1462.jpgBobcat scratcheshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dscf1430.jpgcottontail prints2012-03-02T07:08:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/02/23/cracking-the-egg/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fsc_042704_00105d_l1.jpegNorthern Harrierhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fsc_042704_00105d_l.jpegNorthern Harrier or Marsh Hawkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_5539-e1330054230877.jpgRabbit trackRabbit tracks2012-02-27T05:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/02/16/wildlife-update/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/turkey.jpgturkeyTurkey in snowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscf1331.jpgfoxA fearful fox lopes in snow before dyinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn5640.jpgelk herd500 head of elk on Riddle Flathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pict0028.jpgCoyote caught on trail cameraCoyote caught on trail camerahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pict0025.jpgFoxFox caught on trail camerahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscf1411.jpgbobcat trackBobcat trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscf1341.jpgTurkey tracksturkey trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn5644.jpgWolf printsA wolf gallops through the snow away from a kill site2012-02-17T04:34:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/02/04/the-snowshoe-hare/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscf0017.jpgCamp Creek in summerThe habitat in a summer photohttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn5604.jpgDSCN5604https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn5629.jpgsnowshoe hare tracksfull set of all four feethttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn5625.jpgSnowshoe hare track close uphttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn5602.jpgLarge elk herdhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn5591.jpgElkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn5624.jpgsnowshoe hare trackBack foot lengthhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn5623.jpgSnowshoe hare tracksTrack group size2012-02-04T06:02:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/01/22/a-toolbox-for-locating-power-places/2012-02-11T01:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2012/01/08/a-thing-for-the-salmon-their-now-or-never-point/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn5378.jpgDog at beachMuir beach allows off-leash dogs. My non-native friend at Muir Beachhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn5383.jpgThe beachLooking up the drainage from Muir Beachhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn5401.jpgSunset at beachSunset at Muir Beachhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn5402.jpgLagoonRestored, widened lagoon leading to beach. This is the old picnic areahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn5376.jpgBridge$1 million bridge2012-01-09T00:19:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/12/29/otters-video-footage-connectivity-and-bison/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn0765.jpgBison bullThe Iconic Bisonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5526.jpgOtter printOtter printhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5524.jpgOtter scatOtter scathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5521.jpgOtter on sandhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5516-e1325138181891.jpgTwo Ottershttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5513.jpgOtters in the water plants2012-01-20T06:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/12/24/zone-4-low-tide-zone-in-northern-california/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5444.jpgAnemone with a mealI have no idea what this anemone atehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5471.jpgOrange sea star with extruded stomachHard to see its extruded stomach in the middle that my son is taking a photo of.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5452.jpgAnemones and urchinshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5459.jpgNudibranchhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5476.jpgNudibranchhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5473.jpgNudibranchNudibranchhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5454.jpgSea urchinSea urchinhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5451.jpgAnemone gardenGiant California Green anemone gardenhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5482.jpgDuxbury ReefThe Reef exposed at low tidehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5480.jpgAgate beach signDuxbury Reef is here2011-12-31T06:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/12/18/marin-tracking-club-2/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5415.jpgBobcat scat with bird featherBobcat scathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5414.jpgSkunk trackskunkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5416.jpgRaccoon 2x22x2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5429.jpgAbbott's LagoonAbbott's Lagoonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5418.jpgRaccoonRaccoon tracks 2x2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5426.jpgAbbott's LagoonGulls galore Abbott's Lagoonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5412.jpgBobcatBobcat trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5410.jpgBobcat tracksLots of bobcat trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5424.jpgTracking ClubTracking Club Marinhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5411.jpgBobcat track2011-12-20T05:21:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/12/05/frank-hammitt-memorial-1869-1903/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_4864_2.jpgAntelope butte from Dead Indian passSee the flat butte in the middle. From Dead Indian passhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_5083.jpgAntelope butteanother viewhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_5075.jpgAntelope ButteAntelope Butte2019-06-11T14:21:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/11/19/what-im-doing-this-winter/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pict0014.jpgBobcat runningMy only bobcat photo which is terrible. That's a track plate apparatus a la Jim Halfpenny in the background2011-11-25T19:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/11/21/last-chance-to-have-your-voice-heard-on-wyomings-wolf-delisting-plan/2011-11-30T02:37:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/11/12/what-is-the-wolf-experience/2011-11-18T02:37:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/11/05/kye-oh-tay/2011-11-06T05:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/10/28/an-old-bear-experience/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/black-bear-walking-in-woods-poster.jpgBlack bear walking in woods2011-11-20T19:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/10/24/the-wonderful-absaroka-front/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2-dot-e1319520798167.jpgWyoming Archaeological Society mapWY Archaeological Society map of an ancient buffalo drive area in NE WYhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscf1282.jpgSmall cairnOne of the smaller but beautiful cairns. This one follows the lines of the existing boulder to form a trianglehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscf1287.jpgV shaped valleyWe hiked up the 'V' shaped valley to a series of cairnshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscf1276.jpgKoda drinks Koda has a drink of rainwater from a natural stone bowl in the high desert2016-12-31T15:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/02/24/welcome-to-wyoming/2011-10-14T05:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/02/27/ancient-wisdom/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dscf91541.jpgKodahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dscf9147.jpgElk in my Valley2011-10-14T05:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/02/where-the-buffalo-once-roamed/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf01331.jpgdscf013312011-10-14T05:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/06/teepee-rings-and-the-spirit-wind/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0063.jpgNewer teepee rings in the Bighornshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_5565.jpgClark's Fork of the Yellowstone Riverhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_6269.jpgMouth of the Clarks Fork2011-10-14T05:01:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/08/a-rant-for-wolves/2011-10-14T05:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/10/my-friend/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf00211.jpgFollowing an elk trailhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0050_4.jpg"I want to look at this country for a while"https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0024_4.jpgGoing hunting2011-10-14T05:01:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/11/robert-service/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/blog-photo2.jpgI had a small maphttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0057_2.jpgLooking from abovehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0056.jpgFrom below, plugged with old debrishttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0012_3.jpgPartially buried sheep traphttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0059_2.jpgDrive line debris above trap2011-10-14T05:00:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/14/the-bighorn-sheep-of-little-bald-ridge/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_3488.jpgBighorn ram on the northfork, east entrance to Yellowstonehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0040.jpgThey blend in so wellhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0034.jpgBighorns on ridgelinehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0028.jpgClimbing up Little Bald Ridge2011-10-14T05:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/18/coyotes-and-communists/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/prong2.jpgMale Pronghornhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0011.jpgSandstone formationshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0018.jpgOregon Basin, Cody2011-10-14T04:58:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/21/good-fires/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0087.jpgWater snake after one month in burn areahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0079.jpgSweetwater lodge after Gunbarrel firehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf9178.jpgMassive amounts of beetle killed trees at the end of my valleyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pinus_contorta_28263.jpgShore Pine. Pinus contortahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/p_contorta_600.jpgLodgepole pine Pinus contorta2011-10-14T04:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/22/when-a-good-fire-is-a-bad-fire-grizzlies-and-pine-nuts/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf00151.jpgAvalanche Peak, Yellowstone. Dead whitebark pinesAvalanche Peak, Yellowstone. Dead whitebark pineshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf00281.jpgAfter pruning. Cabin is now visible. Deer will love this!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_4353.jpgBefore pruning; cabin is in the backgroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0025.jpgWhitebark Limber on left; doug fir on righthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0024.jpgRiddle Flat from across the river. Prime elk habitat2011-10-14T04:58:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/23/this-is-love/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0001.jpgAcross the river its all granite basehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0003.jpgI'm the first of 7 springshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0002.jpg"My water comes from a spring in the nearby forest."https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_4369.jpg"As is. Everything comes with it."2011-10-14T04:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/25/the-thompson-cabin/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_5558.jpgClarks Fork's Canyon with Sunlight Fallshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img1174_ita_016.jpgOld miners cabin from early 20th centuryhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_6343.jpgDepression at the back is the cellarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_6344.jpgSquare nails in the window framehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_6341.jpgThompson Cabin2011-10-14T04:57:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/28/bluebirds/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0039.jpgMy new deluxe box. Not bad for an amateur carpenter!2011-10-14T04:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/29/dancing-bear/2011-10-14T04:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/30/wolves-turkeys-and-free-attention/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0007.jpgWolf tracks with Kodahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_4783.jpgMt. Hermanhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_4777.jpgMt. Herman from my cabinhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0017.jpgWild turkeys, not native2011-10-14T04:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/03/tracks-i-need-help-with/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0005.jpgTiny perfect trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0026.jpgHopped two boulders across riverhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0024.jpgFlat line at metacarpal padhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0017.jpgFull sethttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0013.jpgWith Koda's tennis ball for size2011-10-14T04:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/07/the-hermitage/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/firor.jpg'Doc' & Mrs.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00271.jpgMy refinished floors and new rughttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0022_3.jpgI love this little cabin!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_5513.jpgOriginal wood stove and grimmy floor2011-10-14T04:54:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/10/grizzly-and-mud/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0043.jpgToday!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00262.jpgGrizzly tracks near fishing bridgehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0028.jpgGrizzly track2011-10-14T04:54:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/12/the-wickiup/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0020.jpgSite looks over the whole valleyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0019.jpgAccess to the cliffs behindhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00161.jpgAnother viewhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00141.jpgSheepeater huthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0016.jpgdscf0016https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_4367.jpgWe hiked almost to the ridgelinehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00281.jpgThe view was magnificenthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0025.jpgWe were right below the cliffs2011-10-14T04:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/14/my-kind-of-wyoming/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img015.jpgBackpacking in the Beartoothshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00431.jpgWild Horse in Big Hornshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0069.jpgBuffalo in Lamar Valleyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00381.jpgBig Horn Canyonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_6296.jpgRed River Canyon, Landerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_6060.jpgDawn in Yellowstonehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00263.jpgElk in Geyser Basin, Yellowstonehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00131.jpgChanging Aspens after a October snowstorm2011-10-14T04:53:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/16/bluebunch-wheatgrass-and-junegrass/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/01-075h_300.jpgNative grasses 'look'.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_4388.jpgSee the stick marking the box in the ground called a septic!2011-10-14T04:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/20/the-bobcat/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0023.jpgBobcat printhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00191.jpgBobcat watching a ground squirrelI haven't seen a bobcat in years since my area has been heavily trapped. This photo taken 4 years ago in front of my home2011-10-14T04:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/26/chief-standing-bear-and-grandpa/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00252.jpgChief Standing Bear and familyPhoto of Chief and family from the Buffalo Bill Historical Centerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_5552.jpgBald Ridgehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_4863_2.jpgAtop Dead Indian. Strap a log behind the wagon to go downhillhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/chiefstandingbear.jpgChief Standing Bear--I think its this one.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_5087.jpgThe flats above the gorge of the Clarks Fork2011-11-30T00:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/30/the-orphan-road/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_5112.jpgPilot and Index Peaks from Chief Joseph Highway, May/Junehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_5130.jpgLamar Valley, springtimehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_5131.jpgSpring storm brewing in Yellowstone, NE entrancehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_5068.jpgPronghorn in Lamar in spring--Northeast entrance2013-05-16T17:11:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/05/06/the-grizzly/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0007.jpgPulsatilla flowers just emerging nowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00051.jpgGrizzly scratches on pine treehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0003.jpgdscf0003https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0010.jpgHottest area of the '88 fires. Sterile ground, good forage2011-10-14T04:51:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/05/09/some-scat/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0035.jpgKoda sniffinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0017.jpgAnother mustelid, I think. https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_6053.jpgMarmot in hole with scat abovehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0055_2.jpgpack rat scat2011-10-14T04:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/05/10/an-advertisement-for-yellowstone/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00341.jpgGrizzlyGrizzly rooting aroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0030.jpgGrizzlyThis grizzly spent hours upturning Bison paddies for insects underneathhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00221.jpgMom and two calvesMom with two calves in the grass nearbyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00191.jpgBison calfBison calfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0015.jpgAnother view of same wolfWolf eating a fishhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0014.jpgBlack WolfWolf eating a fish he just caughthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0012.jpgBlack wolfThis is through the scope. He was way across the Lamar river.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00081.jpgEntrance to Parkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0006.jpg2nd moose restingThis one just sat and watched me. She had frost on her fur.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00041.jpgCow MooseMoose on Chief Joseph Highway 2011-10-14T04:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/05/16/clarks-fork-hike-and-the-vilified-wolf/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_0559.jpgWolf on carcassWolf on carcasshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/gray-wolf-gazing.jpgGray wolfA majestic predator that deserves to take its place in the ecosystemhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0021.jpgAlliumAllium. Wild onion. Spicy addition to lunch.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00192.jpgWaterfallLunch spothttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0028.jpgOspreyMale osprey nearby nest, with fish in talonshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00271.jpgOsprey nestFemale sitting on her nesthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00121.jpgClaytonia lanceolata. Claytonia lanceolata. Spring beauties. Edibles. Purslane familyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00082.jpgGeumGeum triflorum. Prairie Smoke2011-10-14T04:49:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/05/20/only-the-wind-sang/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf9080.jpgBison in snowBison have hornshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sta_3533.jpgAcross Yellowstone Lake, winterOur idea of wilderness is non-use. Looking east across Yellowstone lake in winterhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_6243.jpgSlot canyonDead Indian Creek and slot canyonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_6242.jpgDead Indian creekSlot Canyon in Dead Indianhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0004_4.jpgDead Indian ValleyLooking into Dead Indian Valleyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_4396.jpgThe mountainsTopography of the mountains around Dead Indian Historic Landmark2011-10-14T04:49:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/05/27/call-of-the-wilds/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img0066.jpgCranesSandhill Craneshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00141.jpgWhite bark pine, deadBurnt trees. Beautiful in deathhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00021.jpgSkullsCoyote skull and bobcat skullhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00012.jpgFound winter wolf killFound winter wolf kill. Beautiful in deathhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dh-10007.jpgButterflySimple beautyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00071.jpgBonesCould these be bison (or cow) found in buried in a depression like a wallow.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00151.jpgAlpine columbineAlpine columbine just blooming todayhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00301.jpgRibes bloomingRibes blooming just the other dayhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0038.jpgAspens buddingAspens starting to bud out. https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00011.jpgSwamp LakeSwamp Lake as the snows are melting2011-10-14T04:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/05/29/a-busy-spring-rolls-in/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00273.jpgNew little coltSo cute!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0025.jpgMom & coltAhh, motherhoodhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00222.jpgBluebird nesting with butterfly meal in nestboxWhen I snagged the photo, I didn't see the butterfly till I printed it.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00351.jpgElk CreekA Glorious spring day. Koda and I hike up Elk Creek Meadows.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00272.jpgForget me notAlpine Forget-me-not, Eritrichum nanumhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf00142.jpgFlowers on lichen covered rockDraba oligosperma...Whitlowgrasshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/swainson.jpgswainsonSwainson Hawk hunting in irrigated cattle field down the roadhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mooseeating.jpgMoose eatingMoose eating in marsh nearbyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/calypso.jpgCalypsoCalypso bulbosa2011-10-14T04:46:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/06/03/the-moose/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0004.jpgMoose eatingMoose in nearby meadowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0015.jpgMoose walking down roadMoose walking down my road at duskhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_6247.jpgDead Indian Creek, beginning of slot canyonDead Indian Creekhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0062.jpgNear the old homesteadClarks fork drainage near Russell Creek. 2011-10-14T04:42:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/06/18/springtime-bloom-after-the-gunbarrel-fire/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0250.jpgFire and waterFire and water. The West IS fire.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0252.jpgMimulusMimulus guttatushttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0245.jpgUnknownUnidentifiedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0243.jpgCryptanthaCryptantha Borage familyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0242.jpgPenstemonPenstemon eriantherushttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0239.jpgLupinusPea family-Lupinehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0010.jpgFabaceaePea family. An astragalushttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0246.jpgPhaceliaPhacelia sericeahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0244.jpgGunbarrel fire areaThe burn from last summer2011-10-14T04:42:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/06/19/wildflowers-geology-and-the-chugwater-formation/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0014.jpgGlobemallow. Used in Landscaping as wellSphaeralcea coccinea; Malvaceae family. I have still not been able to pronounce this namehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0011.jpgnatural landscapingNature landscapes the best!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0006.jpgDSCF0006Potentilla fruticosa. The new name is Pentaphylloides floribunda. This is a landscape plant and I prefer the old name!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf00041.jpgOpuntia polyacantha - Plains Prickly Pear CactusPrickly Pear cactus flowerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0003.jpgGaillardia aristataGaillardia aristata - cultivated perennial. I am pretty sure the I.D. is correct. Sunflower family is large.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0001.jpgMariposa lilyCalochortus nuttallii - edible bulb, but do not eat as that kills the planthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0013.jpgChugwater red sandstoneChugwater sandstone2011-10-14T04:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/06/21/powwow-in-cody/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn03621.jpgWomens dancehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0371.jpgPowwow dancerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn03572.jpgDancing feethttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0349.jpgDancer at powwow Codyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0348.jpgCostumed dancershttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0342.jpgMoccasinshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0318.jpgGrand entryhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0315.jpgCostumed dancershttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0304.jpgRattles on ankleshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0292.jpgDancer in preparation2011-10-14T04:41:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/06/24/in-praise-of-magical-thinking/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscf0069.jpgBison in Lamar ValleyConduits to another World; the pure herd.2011-10-14T04:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/06/26/coyote-pups/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0424.jpgTotally cute coyote pupCoyote puphttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0419.jpgCoyote pup huntinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0418.jpgCoyote pup sniffing something in roadhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0417.jpgCoyote pup in grasshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0414.jpgCoyote pup2011-10-14T04:40:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/06/28/big-horns-medicine-wheel-and-the-pryors/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn04481.jpgEntrance to Medicine Wheelhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0485.jpgWild turkey eggshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0484.jpgWild Turkey on eggshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0481-e1440733309710.jpgKoda in the PryorsKoda matcheshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0478.jpgThe Pryorshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0471.jpgPryor Mountain Wild Horse Rangehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0466.jpgBig HornsAlong the canyon hikehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0464.jpgThe jaws in the Big HornsThe jaws hikehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0449.jpgMedicine Wheel signagehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0448.jpgMedicine Wheel entrance2011-10-14T04:40:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/07/03/a-surprise-walk/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0039.jpgGeraniumsGeraniums in disturbed area-old road cuthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf00431.jpgDSCF0043https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0051.jpgKoda catches a whiffhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0043.jpgSaxifraga odontolomahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0037.jpgFat Marmothttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0034-e1546129961827.jpgLooking up at the limestone reefLimestone reefhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0033.jpgPaintbrusheshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0031.jpgRubus parviflorusThimbleberryhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0022.jpgLush foresthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0011.jpgCalypso bulbosa - Fairy Slipper Orchid-endangered2011-10-14T04:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/07/10/heart-lake/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0035.jpgMt. Sheridan at dawnMt. Sheridan at dawnhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf00391.jpgHeart LakeDuskhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0036.jpgDawn at Heart LakeDawnhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf00311.jpgHeart Lake thermalsThermalshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0023.jpgCeanothusCeanothus velutinushttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0018.jpgHeart LakeHeart Lake viewhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0013.jpgCamasCamassia quamash-most prized food of the first Americanshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0012.jpgelk/deer scatRelative sizes of elk and deer droppings2011-10-14T04:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/07/13/the-storm/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscn0542.jpgThe StormAnother view 7pm to the north, clouds roll along a buttehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscn0544.jpgThe Storm7pm the day before the morning of the storm2011-10-14T04:36:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/07/23/poised-to-be-a-dreamer-for-bison/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_6058.jpgBison calves and momsCalves and momshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_6045.jpgBison shedding in springBison have hornshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf9082.jpgBison in snowThey are adapted to survive the cold of the plainshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0069.jpgHerdA tiny slice of what once washttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0043_2.jpgBison footprintBison footprint2011-10-14T04:36:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/07/23/new-ideas-for-lawns-part-1-meadow-making-for-california-with-red-fescue/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscn0530.jpgNatural meadow with sagebrushMeadow of bunchgrasses and sagehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscn0428.jpgHigh altitude meadowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscn0409.jpgNature's meadowAn example of a natural bunch grass meadow--nature's perfection2011-10-14T04:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/07/25/enjoying-the-sacred-with-an-ancient-poem/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscn0517.jpgDSCN0517https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscf0014.jpgMy 'Cold Mountain'2011-10-14T04:35:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/07/30/the-abstract-wild/2011-10-14T04:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/07/31/idle-thoughts-and-realizing-the-way/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscn0647.jpgBridal veil fallshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscn0635.jpgClarks Fork canyonHomehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dscn0557.jpgrainbowsTrying to capture a full double rainbow--impossible!2011-10-14T04:34:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/08/10/more-scats-and-tracks/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn05801.jpgDestroyed ant hillAnt hill destroyed by a grizzly looking for grubshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscf0071.jpgcougar track with pennycougar track with penny for referencehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscf0070.jpgcougar trackcougar track in mudhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscf0032.jpgMoose in mud Moose print in mudhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscf0015.jpgTurkey prints in snowTurkey trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscf9088.jpgWolf in estrusWolf blood and urine from wolf in estrushttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscf0003.jpgant hillAnt hill2011-10-14T04:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/08/16/early-fall/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0814.jpgEnd of the roadView from near the end of the dirt road in my valleyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0807.jpgUp past the bear gate.Its so wet this summer it looks like the Northwesthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0792.jpgStrange light outsideThe light is eeriehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0790.jpgKoda in hailKoda sits in hailhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0777.jpgThe gathering stormThe gathering storm2011-10-14T04:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/08/26/pine-beetles-spruce-beetles-and-what-to-do/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0949.jpgDead pinesLast years killhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0948.jpgBeetle evidence on pine treeThis tree looks like it has smallpox!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0946.jpgTree with beetlesThis tree is a gonerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0945.jpgTree trying to pitch out beetleTree trying to pitch out beetlehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0942.jpgFrass at base of treeFrass at base of tree2012-09-30T21:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/09/06/tracking-class/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ztrgrlynndominick4x6c5_7243.jpgGrizzly trackA Grizzly track found by the riverhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/zpeoplelesliepatten4x6c5_7449.jpgTracking class gait I.D.I'm happy because I passed my final test and the hardest for me: gait I.D.2011-10-14T04:31:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/09/09/dont-recycle-reuse/2011-10-14T04:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/09/12/more-snow-fence-talk/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/postpounder.jpgMore Snow Fence talkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0985.jpgSnow fence 3Another view. The first fence is at least 50' from the driveway.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0984.jpgSnow fence 2Double row. Trial and error. We'll see how it works this winterhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0983.jpgSnow fence 1The hill where it drifts onto my driveway2011-10-14T04:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/09/14/the-woman-who-married-a-bear-teaches-me-about-pine-nuts/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1018.jpgRed squirrelThe cone collector's homehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1016.jpgMiddensLimber pine middens. There's lots more than shown and much is buriedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1001.jpgFall bear scatLook close, I took this bear scat apart & there's pine nut shells2011-10-14T04:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/09/16/hunting-wolves-warning-my-opinion/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0598.jpgCool KodaMy dog is so human-like!2011-10-14T04:29:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/09/19/my-toolbox/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0647.jpgWaterhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0630.jpgFelt experience without resistance2011-10-14T04:29:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/09/19/what-is-this-insect/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscf0011.jpgBug2011-10-14T04:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/09/24/yellowstone-autumn/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1075.jpgTrout Lake signagehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1052.jpgTrout LakeTrout Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1048.jpgCoyoteCoyote catching grasshoppershttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1046.jpgOld structureOld Structure along Beaver Pond trailhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1042.jpgBeaver evidencehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1036.jpgBull Elkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1035.jpgElk matinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn1020.jpgBisonThe light was perfect2011-10-14T04:27:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/10/04/yellowstone-after-arnica/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1189.jpgMooseNorthfork moosehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1172.jpgCoyoteCoyote hunting voleshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1171.jpgEwe and viewhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1168.jpgEwehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1162.jpgWolfCollared wolf. Compare his size and colors to coyotehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1155.jpgNorrisView of part of the lower basin at Norrishttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1154.jpgNorrishttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1144.jpgNorrisNorris Geyser Basinhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1137.jpgNorrisHot springs plants in fall colorhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1135.jpgNorrisColors in hot springs2011-10-14T04:27:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/10/18/our-social-nature/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn13021.jpgColorado rainbowDouble rainbow over my campsite on the Colorado Riverhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1429.jpgCanyonlandsOne view of Canyonlandshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1414.jpgPetroglyphshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1380.jpgArches National ParkLook for the tiny people down belowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1367.jpgArchesLandscapes of your dreamshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1349.jpgNatural BridgeNegro Bill Wilderness Study Areahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1323.jpgOak and oakhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1322.jpgRed RockReminds me of Uluruhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1302.jpgDSCN13022011-10-14T04:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/10/21/indigenous-peoples-old-and-new/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1659.jpgVery large KivaCentral gathering Kivahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1657.jpgCanyons of the AncientsDescription of ruins at Canyons of the Ancientshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1635.jpgHovenweepMy very favorite. The boulder is gigantic its built uponhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1598.jpgHovenweepAll buildings were built on rock ledges overlooking canyonshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1570.jpgMesa VerdeAnother dwelling sitehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1520.jpgMesa VerdePhoto taken across the canyon. How did they get they there, let alone build it?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1518.jpgThe dwellingsWowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1499.jpgMesa VerdeI really was at Mesa Verde. Proof.2011-10-14T04:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/11/14/the-golden-bear-of-california/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1887.jpgDSCN1887https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1847.jpgDSCN1847https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1843.jpgDSCN1843https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1841.jpgView from Tioga Passhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1835.jpgDSCN1835https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1831.jpgDSCN18312011-10-14T04:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/11/16/california-natives-part-1-aesculus-california-california-buckeye/2011-10-14T04:25:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/11/17/california-natives-part2-ribes-sp/2011-10-14T04:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/11/18/we-were-home/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1415.jpgMysterious petroglyphshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1411.jpgAncient petroglyphs2011-10-14T04:24:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/05/29/can-we-really-re-wild/2011-10-14T04:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/05/24/combine-yourself-with-your-experience/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn4704.jpgGolden eagle nestGolden eagle on nest with her young 3 week old chickhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn4697.jpgElk in the greeneryThe elk are still here. Too much snow in the high country to return to the Lamarhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscf00131.jpgHigh Country 2011 MayLarge Corridor areas for large animalshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscf0001-e1306298476540.jpgAspens and clonesMature old aspens and gazillions of young aspen clones2011-10-14T04:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/10/22/navajo-reservation/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1708.jpgMonument Valley4https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1694.jpgMonument Valley3https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1690.jpgMonument Valley2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1674.jpgMonument Valley2011-10-14T04:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/10/26/sedona-arizona/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1760.jpgSedonaThe oldest inhabitants of Sedona lived herehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1758.jpgSedonaLight changes the red rockhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1734.jpgSedonaPrivate golf course abutts a Widerness area in Sedonahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1731.jpgNice signageNFS signage unique to Sedonahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1730.jpgSedonaRed buttes of Sedonahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscn1726.jpgParking pay stationParking pay stations are at some of the trailheads2011-10-14T04:19:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/11/03/mountain-lions-pumas-and-cougars/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1214.jpgStuffed mountain lionMountain lion https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscf0069.jpgCougar track2011-10-14T04:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/11/24/small-gardens-reviving-an-entrance-garden-step-by-step-part-1/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1902.jpgDSCN1902https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1901.jpgDSCN1901https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1898.jpgDSCN1898https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1897.jpgDSCN1897https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1896.jpgDSCN1896https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1892.jpgDSCN18922011-10-14T04:15:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/11/25/entrance-gardens-part-2/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1935.jpgDSCN1935https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1928.jpgDSCN1928https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1927.jpgDSCN1927https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1931.jpgDSCN1931https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1933.jpgDSCN1933https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1930.jpgDSCN1930https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1929.jpgDSCN1929https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1926.jpgDSCN1926https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1924.jpgDSCN1924https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dscn1922.jpgDSCN19222011-10-14T04:15:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/11/28/for-gaia-lovers/2011-10-14T04:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/12/13/my-beetle-infested-forest-how-i-would-have-approached-it/2011-10-14T04:14:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/12/18/yellowstone-in-winter/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscf9081.jpgWinter bisonBison in winterhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscf9070.jpgLamar Valley in WinterSun in winter from Lamar Valleyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscf9063.jpgCooke city, MontanaIce Cream delivery in Cooke Cityhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscf9004.jpgCoyote in winterCoyote in winter2011-10-14T04:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/02/15/right-as-rain/2011-10-14T04:13:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/02/18/radiant-heat/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn2231.jpgburning brushBurn on my propertyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn2116.jpgSlash pileWow, what a gigantic slash pile in front of my house in my neighbor's yard2011-10-14T04:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/02/28/the-eternal-and-the-changeable/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn2313.jpgmoon Full moon rising over Steamboats' saddlehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn2304-e1267339917263.jpgOld dead treeThis tree went through some stuffhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn2250.jpgWeird cloudsWeird clouds over Pat O'Harahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn0779.jpgStorm over CrandallIncoming summer stormhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn0773.jpgBlack BearBlack Bear2011-10-14T04:11:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/05/06/report-on-the-clarks-fork-elk-herd/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn2146.jpgMore elkMore elk2011-10-14T04:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/10/08/the-totem/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn2449.jpgelk2011-10-14T04:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/10/17/the-bear-facts/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn0773.jpgBlack bearhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn0771.jpgBlack bearblack bear digging for ?2011-10-14T04:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/01/30/hunter-gatherers-and-the-internet/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/im000024.jpgMoose at nightCan you see a moose, at night?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3805.jpgEagles in treesCan you see the Golden eagle as well as the Bald?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3736.jpgCoyoteCoyote blends into the landscapehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3607.jpgMoose in treesCan you see the moose in the trees?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn2890.jpgMarmot2011-10-14T04:07:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/29/i-am-a-tree-hugger/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4509.jpgPocket gopher evidencePocket gophers make these tunnels, not moleshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4503.jpgtop soilThis is top soil? Very poor quality though its all that's available here2011-10-14T04:06:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/07/31/yellowstone-adventures-and-a-close-call/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5092.jpgPaintbrushhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5087.jpgCalochotushttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5083.jpgSwallowtailhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5068.jpgBadger trackBadger trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5067.jpgBear watchingIn this one you can see the bearhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5066.jpgPeople watching 2 bearsPeople too close to two bears crossing the roadhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5063.jpgGrizzly LakeGrizzly lake, my destination after Solfaterrehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5059.jpgField of onionsAllium fieldhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5054.jpgBisonLone bison but not my bisonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5046.jpgOrange dandelion2011-10-14T04:05:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/10/10/jackson-the-gyc-annual-meeting-and-the-room-to-roam/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscf1135.jpgTaggart lakeEnjoying the Taggart Lake hike in 80 degree fall weatherhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscf1145.jpgFall Colorshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscf1131.jpgDeath Canyon trail entrancehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscf1126.jpgPhelps Lake and Death CanyonLooking into Death Canyon from Phelps Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscf1124.jpgPhelps LakePhelps Lake, Rockefeller Preservehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscf1120.jpgTetons in fallAh, the Tetons end of sept. 2011-10-15T21:47:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/03/05/elk-in-the-valley/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2325.jpgHelicopter workingCopter in my valleyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2323.jpgGetting readyHelicopter getting ready2011-10-14T04:01:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/03/07/tipi-rings/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscf0063.jpgTipi rings along an old Indian trailAnother view along Bighorn canyonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscf0062.jpgTipi rings along the Bighorn riverBig Horn Canyon ringshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscf0006.jpgold tipi ringsClarks fork tipi rings, much olderhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscf0005.jpgCody outskirts tipi ringsAnother view of several rings outside Cody2012-07-30T15:53:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/03/13/old-first-hand-stories-of-yellowstone/2011-10-14T04:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/03/18/mystery-of-the-sacred/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2398.jpgCliffsThe sandstone cliffshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2417.jpgClose upAnother painted rock much less erodedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2411.jpgviewView from the valleyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2402.jpgPaint source direct from rockWhere the red color comes from. Maybe why they chose this rock to paint2011-10-14T03:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/03/26/pollinators-in-trouble-what-a-city-dweller-can-do/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/salviabeesbliss.jpgSalvia Bees BlissNative Salviahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3788.jpgCalifornia poppiesCalifornia poppies in bloomhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3781.jpgDeath valleyDeath Valley flowering planthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscf9124.jpgHiveone of my hives2011-10-14T03:59:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/04/01/mountain-goats-of-the-clarks-fork/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn2463.jpgHabitatThe precipice they are on is in foregroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn2460.jpgMountain goatsI counted at least 10 in the areahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn2458.jpgMountain goatsLook for little white dots!2011-10-14T03:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/04/04/our-keystone-species-bison-and-their-restoration/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_6058.jpgCows and calveshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn0731.jpgBisonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscf0069.jpgBison in the Lamar Valley2011-10-14T03:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/04/10/grizzlies-and-my-trail-camera/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/im000017.jpgBighorn sheep trail camerahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/im000003.jpgElkElk from the trail camera2011-10-14T03:57:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/04/19/the-ancient-footprints-dinosaurs/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn2549.jpgBelemnites and other fossilsBelemnites and Devils toeshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn2538.jpgFull signage at turn offhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn2532.jpgRed Gulch sceneryIts a beautiful spot--Badlands against the Big Hornshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn2524.jpgSunglasses and footprintSunglasses show scale of footprint2011-10-14T03:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/04/28/bear-tracking/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscf0038.jpgGrizzly typical overstepGrizzly trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscf0027.jpgGrizzly front foot2011-10-14T03:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/04/30/limber-pine-and-doug-fir-seedling-trees-reforesting-my-property/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn2603.jpgTree planted by rockMystery solved!2011-10-14T03:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/05/01/yellowstone-for-mine-eyes-only/2011-10-14T03:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/05/08/the-sandhill-crane/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dscn2596.jpgSandhill CraneSandhill crane in my valley last year2011-10-14T03:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/05/12/mystery-of-the-cache/2011-10-14T03:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/05/31/mothers-bears-and-elk/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dscn2729.jpgDistraught mother elkCow elk sniffs where calf was killed2011-10-14T03:48:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/06/08/yellowstone-spring/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2751.jpgBull Moose2011-10-14T03:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/06/21/botanizing/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2864.jpgMysteryMystery plant which I think is in the mustard familyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2862.jpgPhlox multiforaPhlox multiforahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2853.jpgPolemonium viscosumPolemonium viscosum - Sky pilothttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2873.jpgBurn areaBurn from the '88 fireshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2897.jpgServiceberryAmelanchier alnifolia- Serviceberryhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2884.jpgPenstemon sp.Penstemon sp.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2882.jpgArnica cordifoliaHeartleaf Arnicahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2880.jpgCorydalis aureaCorydalis aureahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2878.jpgPotentilla argutaPotentilla argutahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2876.jpgForget me notI think this is a type of Forget Me Not2011-10-14T03:47:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/07/26/the-babies-and-medicine-lodge-park/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3134.jpgBirds todayBluebirds todayhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3132.jpgMarmotFat marmothttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3083.jpgthe babiesBirds several days agohttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3065.jpgthe wall at medicine logeThe stone wall palettehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3064.jpgsignage at medicine lodgehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3063.jpgPetroglyph3https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3061.jpgPetroglyph 2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3059.jpgPetroglyph2011-10-14T03:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/10/09/recycling-in-cody-wy/2011-10-14T03:45:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/09/03/i-came-to-do-a-thing-for-a-dog/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/work-in-progress.jpgSoonaHappy even in old agehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/img_1524.jpgcanadaHeaven in Canadahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/img019.jpgSoona 10 years last backpack in the Beartooths at 10https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dscf0035.jpgDad's Lake, Wind RiversDad's Lake. The Continental Divide looms in the backgroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dscf0032.jpgWind RiversThe hike into Dad's from the Fremont trail2011-10-14T03:43:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/10/09/the-magnificent-and-endangered-grizzly/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscf0036.jpgGrizzly2011-10-14T03:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/10/13/pikas-are-sooo-cute/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn3364.jpgWild tomatoesDehydrating food for winterhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn3361.jpgPikeSo incredibly cute!!!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn3360.jpgPikaPika at my door2011-10-14T03:39:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/10/15/pika-news/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn3372.jpgPika in my front yard at 6800'Pika in my front yard at 6800'https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn3369.jpgPika eating grass2011-10-14T03:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/10/18/squirrels-bears-and-birds-whats-the-connection/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn3428.jpgbear scatLoaded with pine nut debrishttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn3419.jpgSquirrelSquirrel above robbed middens angry at me. "I didn't do it" I told himhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dscn3415.jpgRobbed middensDug out middens on my hillside near the house2011-10-14T03:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/10/19/mountain-goat-attacks-and-other-anomalies/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_4837-e1436890294928.jpggrizzly warning sign in the greater yellowstone area2011-10-14T03:35:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/11/01/hot-off-the-press-more-pika-news-film-footage/2011-10-14T03:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/12/24/the-road/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3648.jpgDSCN3648https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn36431.jpgBlack wolfRunning down the road 2 blacks and a greyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3643.jpgWolfBlack wolf running down the road. One of three seen--2 blacks, one greyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3620.jpgYoung MooseYoung moose2011-10-14T03:29:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/12/26/sometimes-the-buddha-is-a-deer/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3638.jpgView of the forestHe came out of the forest and deliberately walked up to the front door as we watchedhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3636.jpgDSCN36362011-10-14T03:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/12/28/becoming-bear/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3421.jpgBlack bear printBlack bear in my driveway2011-10-14T03:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/01/02/synchronicity-coming-to-wyoming-the-final-piece/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/leslie-019.jpgthe beachHow I love the ocean that I grew up withhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/img_1301.jpgMy gardenMy garden in California. I love the land there2011-10-14T03:22:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/12/31/coming-to-wyoming-part-1/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/img_4262.jpgOther house 2The country around the other house2011-10-14T03:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/01/04/learning-gaits/2011-10-14T03:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/01/10/bald-eagles-coyotes-and-a-kill/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3814.jpgSunset on a cold day0 degrees sunsethttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3803.jpgBald eagle 2https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3784.jpgCoyote coupleCoyotes waiting their turn2011-10-14T03:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/01/14/i-miss-the-porcupines/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/porcupine-on-a-gravel-path.jpegPorcupine on a gravel path2011-10-14T03:20:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/01/29/the-right-thing-to-do-niagara-falls-and-yellowstone/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3925.jpgNiagaraPower of the fallshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3823.jpgNiagaraFalls at nighthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn37461.jpgWolfBlack wolfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3731.jpgMoosehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3696.jpgElk2011-10-14T03:13:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/02/04/wikiups-cattle-and-a-few-hundred-years/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscf0040.jpgPile of poles wikiup300 year old wikiup standing till 25 years ago when destroyed by cattlehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_0134.jpgspear head2500-3000 year old spear head found on property2011-10-14T03:04:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/02/18/the-past-and-the-present/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/img_4797.jpgThe Cabin2012-01-06T12:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/02/24/wolfer/2011-10-14T03:02:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/02/25/a-sense-of-place/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn3154.jpgVirginia CityEarliest city in Montana. Homesteaders sense of Placehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn3136.jpgLewis and Clark State ParkWhat Lewis & Clark saw in Montanahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn3059.jpgPetroglyph at Medicine Lodge State ParkAncient sense of Place and Wonderhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn2106.jpgMadronesCA Madrones--Arbutus menziesiihttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn2099.jpgGarrya elliptica in full bloomGarrya elliptica-Silk Tassle bush...a beautiful CA native2011-10-14T03:01:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/02/27/trapping/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/2_20_11_furauction_etc172.jpegBobcat peltsBobcat pelts worth $500/eachhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/2_20_11_furauction_etc170.jpegFur auction in MontanaWestern Fur States auction in Montana2011-10-14T03:01:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/03/02/east-of-yellowstone-lies-the-absarokas-crow-country/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn3269.jpgHigh CountryAbsaroka high countryhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn3260.jpgAbsarokashttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn2532.jpgBig HornsBig Horns from the Basin2011-10-14T03:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/09/fixing-fence-and-wildlife/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/img_4789.jpgFunky fenceMy fence in 2005. I have a smooth bottom wire now but the top 2 strands are even funkierhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/img_6340.jpgWhat a dayGorgeous till it started snowing again around 2pm2011-10-14T02:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/12/earth-day-countdown-remember-our-mother/2011-10-14T02:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/08/27/windy-mountain/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn5204.jpgFire in the skyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscf1033.jpgTelephone lineTelephone line into the distancehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscf1032.jpgtelephone lineOld telephone line poleshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscf1030.jpgouthouseAnother viewhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscf1025.jpgOuthouseOuthouse on cliff edge!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscf1020.jpgBeartooth viewBeartoothshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscf1019.jpgWindy mtn. fire lookoutFoundations of old lookout tower2011-10-14T02:55:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/14/the-old-old-road/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4246.jpgOld old roadDrainage starting at lower right is original game trailhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4260.jpgOld old roadNotice the young trees. This is the view looking up of the beaver slidehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4257.jpglogsLogs cut with an ax to keep wagons from sliding down hillsidehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4248.jpgOld roadView of improved 1909 old roadhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4247.jpgOld old roadThe drainage on right marks the Old Old road. The old road switchback cut is seen to the left2011-10-14T02:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/25/into-the-fold-working-with-mother-natures-garden/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscf0016.jpgOld Limber PineA beautiful windswept Limber Pine in the Clarks Fork Canyonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/elderberry1.jpegElderberry bush2011-10-14T02:53:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/27/sun-energy-and-peak-oil/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/picture-008.jpgSolar panels2011-10-14T02:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/05/03/the-cave/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscf0018.jpgFrozen fallsFrozen waterfallshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscf0014.jpgView of the AbsarokasAbsarokas filled with snow viewed from near the cavehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscf0008.jpgView from the inside of the caveView from the inside2011-10-14T02:48:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/05/10/goodbye-to-a-long-winter/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn3728.jpgKoda dog tiredAfter a day of skiing, dog tiredhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn3743.jpgBlack wolf in fieldBlack wolf resting mid-day in the sun after a morning elk mealhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn3732.jpgMooseMoose stands in deep snowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn3815.jpgSunset in winterSunset in a 2011 winterhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn3788.jpgYellowstone elk in SunlightThe Yellowstone migratory herd resides in the valley in winterhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn3784.jpgCoyote pairA coyote pair waits their turn on a nearby killhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn3766.jpgCoyotes on an elkCoyotes on an elk killhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscf0013.jpgtwo wolf tracksTwo wolves side trot down the roadhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscf0007.jpgWolf howl machineThis is a wolf howl machine, an experimental device to see if wolves are in the areahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/100_0617.jpgSunlight in winterThe Basin in early winter from Dead Indian2011-10-14T02:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/05/31/grizzlies-and-elk-calves/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn4729.jpgSleeping grizzlyGrizzly minding his own businesshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn4765.jpgLone elk cowThe lone cowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn4760.jpgGrizzly feeding amongst willowsGrizzly in the Lamar feeding amongst the willowshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn4715.jpgElk in front yardElk May 20, 2011 still in Sunlight2011-10-14T02:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/06/01/more-elk-calves-and-a-lesson-in-life-and-death/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscf0055.jpgView of spotView from afar of the spot where elk is. This is the meadow and cliffhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscf0032.jpgCliff edgeCliff edge near where calf lieshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscf0052.jpgElk calf keeps trying to standKeep trying...2011-10-14T02:43:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/07/07/the-chipping-sparrow/2011-10-14T02:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/09/20/grizzly-videos-from-my-driveway/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/griz-standing-poster-poster.jpggriz standing 2011-11-07T16:15:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/10/11/what-do-americans-find-sacred-bighorn-sheep-the-winds-and-selenium/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn4889.jpgBighorn Rams in the Parkhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn4880.jpgBighorn rams in Yellowstone Park2011-10-14T02:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/09/23/bear-search-in-the-centennials/2011-10-14T02:31:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/09/26/i-love-the-winds/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fh000020.jpgIndian BasinWow, breathtaking Indian Basinhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fh000014.jpgCamping at Mary's LakeCampsite at Marys lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fh000010.jpgAbove Elkhart Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fh000013.jpgMary's Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fh000015.jpgLakeLake on the Pole Creek trailhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fh000016.jpgPole CreekCrossing Pole Creekhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fh000017.jpgLower Cook LakeLower Cook Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fh000026.jpgUnnamed LakeOne of the hundreds of unnamed lakes. This one beautiful and inaccessiblehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fh000027.jpgPhotographer's PointPhotography Point on the trail to Island Lake. Continental Divide in the backgroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fh000021.jpgIndian BasinIndian Basin2011-09-30T23:49:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/09/05/wolves-scouts-and-a-new-beginning-the-wyoming-wolf-management-plan/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn37461.jpgWolf in SunlightSunlight wolfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscf0015.jpgFishing wolfWolf eating fish it caught in the Lamar2011-12-31T10:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/07/03/coyote-as-creator/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/coyotepups.jpegCoyote pupshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn4936.jpgPhaceliaPhaceliahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn4933.jpgCoyote denDen in size relation to Koda. He would never be able to enterhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn4927.jpgCoyote denThe den2011-07-04T23:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/06/27/more-blm-thoughts-and-jack-turners-new-book/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn2532.jpgThe basinBig Horn Mountains looking from the Big Horn Basin, all subject to drilling under Plan C2011-06-28T00:20:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/06/19/an-open-letter-to-the-blm/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn47741.jpgPronghornPronghorn migrate and live in the basin. Should we disturb more of their habitat?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn2410.jpgWeatherman's drawWeatherman's draw is a beautiful place. Shall we drill here?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscf0005.jpgTeepee rings in the basinTipi rings, as well as other Indian signs are all over the basin from 10,000 years of habitation2011-07-03T20:09:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/06/13/yellowstone-in-june/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4902.jpgCubsCubs playinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4897.jpgGrizzly with cubsCOYhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4895.jpgBig ramWhat a guy!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4889.jpgRamsRamshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4877.jpgSheepHerd of Rams lets us get closehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4876.jpgGeyserLots of water, steam, this yearhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4870.jpgHot springsWatch outhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4867.jpgMarmotMarmothttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4855.jpgCrevassThis was a very deep crevice, about 50'https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4850.jpgWolf printWolf print on the trail following elk prints2011-06-14T02:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/06/09/15-mile-basin-and-the-blm-plan/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4793.jpg15 Mile Basin15 Mile Basin overlookhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4787.jpgGeology groupOur leader Rick Dunnehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4783.jpgGooseberry creekGooseberry creekhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4774.jpgPronghornA Pronghorn struggles to find a place to go under a fence that is not wildlife friendly on BLM lands2011-06-09T14:47:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/18/more-great-reliable-plants-for-california-landscapes/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/tree_dahlia_looking_down.jpegDahlia imperalisTree Dahliahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/gdn_cynara_cardunculus.jpegCynara cardunculusCardoonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/epilobium_californica.jpegEpilobium californicaEpilobium californica and hybridshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscf9101.jpgHeuchera wendyHeuchera 'Wendy'https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/crocosmia_hybrid_northernhardy11.jpegcrocosmiaCroscosmia hybridshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/anthriscus_sylvestris_ravenswing_lg.jpegAnthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'Anthriscus Ravenswing2011-04-20T13:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/16/more-mountain-goats-of-the-clarks-fork-canyon/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4396.jpgRock circleRock circle big enough to sit inhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4415.jpgMountain goatshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4411.jpgLots of Goatshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4403.jpgMother and babyMother goat looks back to her yearling: "Catch up" she says.2011-04-17T23:23:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/05/ancient-buffalos-in-sunlight/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4242.jpgBison skullBack of ancient Bison skullhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2-dot.jpg2 dot bison driveMap of Ancient buffalo drive area on the nearby 2 dot ranch2011-04-06T02:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/04/03/stories-from-the-field/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bear-eating-my-trail-camera-poster-poster.jpgBear eating my trail camerahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4233.jpgBear ambleBear ambling along. Is this my bear?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4229.jpgdeer carcass killOnly a hole in the ribs and the organs were eaten2011-04-04T17:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/03/27/moose-wolves-and-a-false-spring/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4215.jpgKodahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4202.jpgBlack wolfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4201.jpgBlack wolfThis wolf, from my valley, was by the road two years ago. With the hunts you will no longer see wolves so easilyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4196.jpgCrazy creek in winterCrazy Creek March 2011https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4189.jpgMoose and calf 2Mama Moose moves between us and her calfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4182.jpgMoose and calfMama with yearling2011-04-03T20:11:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/03/23/the-emergence-of-the-new/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4160.jpgGolden eagle nestGolden eagle nest from last year. https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4179.jpgOld boxOld observation box that is in usehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4178-e1300927655348.jpgBox on treeAnother new box 5' up on a treehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4176.jpgBluebird boxMy new bluebird box2011-03-24T01:04:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/02/27/moose-snow-and-wind/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn4099.jpgmoose trackmoose trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn4093.jpgmoose bedsmoose beds2011-02-27T15:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/02/06/shapeshifter/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscf0092.jpgCoyote in cemetaryUrban coyote rests mid-day in local cemetaryhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn3767.jpgCoyotes on wolf killCoyotes taking advantage of a wolf killhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn3473.jpgCoyotehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn3478-e1320553171557.jpgCoyote huntingCoyote hunting ground squirrels2011-02-15T06:00:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/01/31/a-brilliant-and-frigid-day/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4053.jpgCoyote lopeCoyote lopes across the bridge. Notice change from one side to the nexthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4050.jpgAmerican dipperDipperhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4046.jpgMoose layhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4044.jpgMoose tracksCold day. Koda finds a bobcat killed squirrelhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4034.jpgElk at noonWhy are the elk resting in the meadow mid-day?https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscf0019.jpgMoose droppingsMoose droppings and tracks2011-02-01T02:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2011/01/08/high-drama/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3746.jpgBlack wolfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3742.jpgGolden eagle taking offhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3741.jpgGolden eagleGolden eagle resting after feeding on carcasshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3739.jpgElk fenceElk stuck inside fence and can't get to safety2011-01-09T04:59:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/08/30/hunting-season/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscf0010.jpgHunting season beginsDeer and turkeys2011-02-15T06:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/11/02/tell-bear-stories/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dscf0023.jpgwalking bearBear walking2010-11-03T04:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/10/10/the-year-of-the-poor-pine-harvest/2010-10-13T01:54:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/07/11/bluebirds-and-coyotes/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3042.jpgTwisted stalk flowerThe flowerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3040.jpgTwisted stalkStreptopus amplexifoliushttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3031.jpgmore babiesSooo cute!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3029.jpgLinnaea borealisNorthern twinflowerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn3022.jpgRocky mountain pond lilyNuphar polysepalumhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn2925.jpgBox I constructedLast years box; this year's first inhabitantshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn2924.jpgThe eggsBluebird clutch of eggs2010-07-13T05:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/06/09/a-rare-treat/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2794.jpgMoose with her young calfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2791.jpgMomma moose with her calfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2789.jpgBaby moose calf and mommahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2786.jpgMoose and calfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2773.jpgFairy Slipper OrchidCalypso bulbosa2010-07-09T20:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/04/23/whats-happening-with-the-moose-in-nw-wyoming/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn2514.jpgMoose trackMoose trackhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn2512.jpgYearling moose trackYearling moose tracks next to Koda's track2010-04-24T03:58:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/03/27/wolf-etiquette-in-the-backcountry/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2276.jpgBlack wolfWhere all good dogs come from. Black female wolfhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2240.jpgKoda and friendWe love our dogs. Let's keep them safe.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2115.jpgKodaKoda with his toy.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscf9167.jpgThe ValleyThe Valley that Sits in the Middle of the Land2010-03-28T03:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/03/22/elk-eagles-and-an-equinox-moon/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2441.jpgEagle on killEagle on killhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2428.jpgElk herdLarge elk herdhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2421.jpgBeautiful valleyValley after a light snowhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2419.jpgLittle Bald Ridge elk herdElk herd resting mid day2010-03-25T20:48:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/03/15/playing-with-fire/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2387.jpgNext morningFun's over. https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2383.jpgNight fireThe fire as night fell quickly. The stars came out.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dscn2339.jpgBeforeBrush pile before we burned2010-03-25T20:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/02/18/how-are-the-wolves-doing-in-sunlight/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn2279.jpgLimpyLimpy wolf but seems to be doing fine2010-03-22T11:46:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/01/31/tracking-club-of-marin-at-point-reyes/2010-03-28T01:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2010/01/25/natives-and-noxiousness/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dscn2101.jpgMarin County WatershedMarin County. Gateway to lots of hiking, Mt. Tamalpais, Muir Woods.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dscn2114.jpgArbutus mensiziiArbutus, Madrone, resprouts after being cut to groundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dscn2092.jpgMonoculture of broomIt would take a county work day of the entire population to clear the hillshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dscn2113.jpgMadrone forest with broom seedlingshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dscn2106.jpgMadrone forestMadrone forest that was hand cleared by CCC several years backhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dscn2105.jpgScotch broomBroom edging a meadow2010-02-12T01:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/12/02/entrance-gardens-part-3-the-finished-product/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscn1953.jpgview of front entrancehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscn1947.jpgRotten stumpWe moved the mature tree fern into this existing rotting stumphttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscn1943.jpgDetailFountain interrupts small wall for an artistic breakhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscn1942.jpgAnother view tenants sidehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscn1941.jpgTenants sidehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscn1938.jpgFrom the doorhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dscn1936.jpgOwners side2009-12-03T01:59:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/10/01/reefs-bears-and-the-beartooths/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dscf0014.jpgIsland LakeAhh, not a soul aroundhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0991.jpgCamp Creek fire road in fall gloryReefshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscf0025.jpgFish in the BeartoothsFish in the beartoothshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscf0017.jpgBeartoothshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscf00111.jpgBeartooth in fallhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscf0003.jpgAbies lasiocarpaAbies lasiocarpahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscf0002.jpgBeetle killWhite bark pines dead on Reef Creek2009-10-01T06:35:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/09/06/clarks-nutcracker-and-some-five-needled-pines/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0982.jpgMink castHard to see but these are mink prints!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0979.jpgRaccoon castRaccoonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0978.jpgRaccoon castRaccoonhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0977.jpgLimber pineconeLimber pine cone with seedshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscn0968.jpgBear caveIn the bear cave. We all fit.2009-09-06T20:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/08/13/bats-bats-and-more-wyoming-bats/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0876.jpgDSCN0876https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0878.jpgSilver haired batSilver haired bathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0887.jpgHoary batHoary bat's winghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0874.jpgHoary bat wingHoary, another posehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0867.jpgSilver haired batSilver haired bathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0864.jpgMeasuring a silver haired bathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0860.jpgHoary batHoary bathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0858.jpgThe netThe nethttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0852.jpgBrown bathttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dscn0847.jpgBrown batBrown bat's wing2011-09-04T05:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/06/16/gyc-annual-meeting-in-jackson/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0186.jpgPhelps LakePhelps Lake at the Preserve. Fabulous!https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0158.jpgView from the LodgeView from Jackson Lake lodgehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0182.jpgMoose and calfMama moose nuzzles her calf2009-06-17T05:16:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/06/07/coyote-the-trickster-and-the-real-world/2009-07-13T23:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/05/25/beartooth-highway-memorial-day-2009/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0065.jpgBeartooth falls off Beartooth highwayhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0063.jpgBeartooth Lake still frozen but meltinghttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0059.jpgLong Lakehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0058.jpgBig tractorshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0057.jpgMelting river of icehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0049.jpgView from Pilot lookout2009-05-25T13:47:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/05/14/more-grizzly-news-around-town/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0029.jpgGrizzlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bear-scat.jpgbear scatBear scat with trash collected on my hike today. https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/grizzly-track.jpggrizzly trackFront and back grizzly tracks. https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sulphur-lake.jpgsulphur lakeSulphur deposits around the lake. Lots of grizzly sign herehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img1180_ita_010.jpgSunlight glacier past the bear gateMoths at high altitudes attract bears in my valley in late summerhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf9162.jpgCreeks passable only in AugustPast the bear gate its rugged and wild country.https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf9178.jpgThe Absarokas at the end of my valleyPast the bear gate, the Absarokas are the eastern border of Yellowstone's wilds2009-05-16T23:23:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/05/03/badlands-wild-horses-and-natural-gas-wells/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0050.jpgOpen smelly pit with toxic hydrocarbon and chemical wastehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0031.jpgBeauty and solitude of McCullough Peaks Wilderness Study Areahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0045.jpgView from the peak looking easthttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0033.jpgSinkhole, some are large enough for a man to fall throughhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0011.jpgWild Horsehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0013.jpgWild Horseshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscf0034.jpgBadlands, McCullough Peaks2011-04-27T21:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/22/getting-to-know-my-neighborhood/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00251.jpgNorthern Saw-Whet Owlhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0015.jpgI adjusted my eyeshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00222.jpgDroppings at base of trees indicate owl roostshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0034_3.jpgMy Little Woods2009-04-27T03:51:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/04/the-first-peoples-here/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_4853.jpgThe creek in winterhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_5500.jpgLooking up the valley from the sitehttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_5497.jpgBugas-Holding site2009-04-06T05:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/04/02/the-elk-and-the-artemisia/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf00071.jpgElk beginning to gatherhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0048.jpgNot browsed Artemisiahttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dscf0047.jpgcrew-cut Big Sagebrush2009-04-04T20:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/02/27/the-shepherd/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dscf9165.jpgRanch where cattle were predated upon2009-03-06T14:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/02/26/the-dreaming/2009-03-05T06:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/2009/03/01/coyotes-and-wolves/https://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf01131.jpgKoda, Koda's ball, and wolf trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf0129.jpgWolf and coyote trackshttps://lesliepattenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dscf9004.jpgcoyote2009-05-11T20:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lesliepattenbooks.comdaily1.02026-03-31T17:41:49+00:00