Wild, Wild West Revisited

Winter has been much leaner as far as animal-sitings go, but there have been a few impressive ones along with the more mundane.

As of April 6:

• Lizzards
• Pheasant
• Some sort of weasel - my instinct is to call it an ermine, but I think they may live further north than here. A quick websearch suggested it might also be a stoat or simply a long-tailed weasel. Not quite sure, but it did have a white coat and a black tip on its tail (and was very, very cute!)
• Elk - lots of them on the mountain. None close enough to photograph, but easily visible with the human eye.
• Chickadees
• Magpies
• Mule Deer
• Rabbits
• Dogs - two running around on the face of the mountain for several days (wild?) and one that wondered onto the site (and into my heart - ahhh!)
• Red-tailed Hawks
• Geese
• Tracks in the snow that looked like a fairly large cat (mountian lion???? bobcat????)
• Buffalo (ok, this is a bit of a stretch - they were on a ranch)