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<\/p>\nThis isn’t the same male I posted yesterday and I like this photo better.<\/p>\n
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This is one of the two males that were hanging out together when I arrived at my campsite in the afternoon two days ago. That time of day the light was bright and fairly harsh but with the sun so high in the sky I still managed to get a catch light in the eye and the fact that the rock perch (volcanic I believe?) was dark instead of lighter-colored helped.<\/p>\n
Both males and the single female spent most of their time on an old stump or in trees but this one had come down to the ground in search of insects and took a brief interlude on the rock. Among other things I like his head turn.<\/p>\n
I can tell the two males apart because the red on the head of this one is darker and more intense than it is on the other male.<\/p>\n
I’m camped in an isolated and beautiful campsite in Idaho near the Montana border. When I leave camp just before dawn I can see the beautiful and jagged outline of the backside of the Tetons to the east and a half hour drive puts me in Montana’s Centennial Valley.<\/p>\n
Things could be worse…<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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PS – Unlike yesterday when it was cloudy all day it looks to be mostly clear out there this morning so I’ll probably stay at least one more day. But it may be a bit of an uncomfortable day because when I was hooking up the generator in the dark this morning I stumbled on a rock and jarred my back. Always something…<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This isn’t the same male I posted yesterday and I like this photo better.<\/p>\n