Sage Advice
Driving through Sweetwater County, Wyoming on Interstate 80 at 75 mph at mid-day can leave you with a feeling of a pretty bleak landscape. Sagebrush is a dominant plant species in this cold-desert area. Yet, even …
Birds
Travel along with Stan Buman as he photographs North American wild birds.
A River Runs Through It – High Cold Desert
Sweetwater County in SW Wyoming is located in a high cold desert. The town of Green River is at an elevation slightly over 6100 feet above sea level. Moisture is quite limiting. Yet, thanks to the …
Ducks – Male versus Female Identification
The bright colors, color-patterns, and shapes of the male (drake) ducks make it fairly easy to identify the various species. But when it comes to the females, identification can be a little (or a lot) more …
Ice-out has Started
After a winter season of frozen lakes and wetlands, early spring blows in on warm southerly winds. Small pockets of ice begin to thaw. Accompanying the winds are ducks. They push the limits and begin their …