Badlands in Central Montana

The survey points were inside the gullies.

Sick rock formations.

Western Meadowlark

Mourning Dove

Vesper Sparrow

Sage Thrasher

Lark Sparrow

Norther Rough-wing Swallow

Horned Lark

Rock Wren

Canada Goose

Brown-headed Cowbird

European Starling

Lark Bunting

Brewer’s Blackbird

This coyote barked at me for ten minutes as I watched through the binoculars: big, gray, and beautiful.

I turned Merlin on (a song identifying app) and it identified the coyote as a Common Loon.

There were a few points up on the sage flat with cows.