Elk attention-getter squeaky toy now available online!
Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust kidding. 🙂 I didn’t use any squeaky toy or other artificial attractant. They were immediately west of the west boundary entrance to/from Spring Creek Basin, and clearly, I was the most fascinating thing they’d seen all day!
Note Ms. Grumpypants in the middle with the broken ear? I could see even at a distance that something was odd with her ear. Even zooming in, I’m not sure why she has the white hair at the base of each ear.
(If something looks odd about the font, I apologize. It looks different from usual, but in the drafting mode, I can’t tell exactly what (a serif font as opposed to sans serif?), and I’m not sure whether it’s something I did or WordPress doing another one of its odd “updates.”)
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Fooey, TJ. I wanted one of those squeaky toys. 😄 But the real thing and your beautiful photo of them is far better. Gorgeous girls!
HA! 🙂 Wait’ll you see the pronghorns all at attention in a future post. No one will believe me … though my boots did squeak a bit through this morning’s snow! 😉
Oh, and by the way, TJ. I “saw it.” Snow! I can believe it now, about two inches this morning. Hope you have some too!
Yes! 🙂 There was about a quarter-inch on the ground before sunrise (OMG, it found a hole in the clouds and LIT the northern part of the basin, but I was too d** slow to get out there) … but then it started snowing again! Now probably close to an inch? A friend in Ridgway said earlier that they got 5 inches, and another one there just said she has a foot! YAY FOR SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad ya’ll got some; hope it’s still coming down!
Snow there ? Just 4-5″ here and melting fast but a little extra water for the critters and plants and ponds 👍
That’s awesome! It’s 36F, and yes, melting in drips … but also still snowing (lightly). I’ve already been out ( 🙂 ), now I’m in warming up. … Will go back out later! Yay – get the skis or snowshoes out!