From Deby Dixon
Absolutely loved watching this pygmy owl as it sat on the willow branches that were covered in hoar frost. Add the mountain background and this was breathtaking.
This busy owl is killing up to 5 voles a day! I'm thinking that it probably only eats about half of one at a time so I am wondering if the owl is thinking about hibernating with its stash once it gets really cold and snowy. LOL.
One of the things that has tickled me the past couple of days has been listening to people ooh and aah over the frozen, sparkly landscape. They can't get over how beautiful this is. I smile, knowingly because there are still those days when Yellowstone is so beautiful in winter, my heart aches. It aches because I can't adequately describe the beauty and don't think I can take a photo that would truly do it justice.
On another note, I watched a pack of wolves, far away, running along ridges at sky line late this afternoon. I could not believe how many elk and deer were way up high.
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