Montana July 09
Moose scat above
from
Montana ridge below
Elk scat above
from the
Gravelly Range, Montana area below
Blue grouse (?) bone above
from the
Gravelly Range, Montana area below
rib bone above
from
Gravelly Range, Montana area below
snails above
collected from
Montana teepee ring site area below
snails above
collected from
Montana Gravelly Range site below
snail above
collected from
Montana Gravelly Range site below
snail above
collected from
Montana Gravelly Range site below
rock above
collected from the
Montana Gravelly Range site below
and near the wildflowers (lupens) below:
burying beetle above {Nicrophorus}
collected in hairy-tail rat carrion at
Missouri river headwaters site below
In July 1805 from the bluff above Meriwether Lewis wrote:
"...surrounded in every direction with distant and lofty mountains"
Well gnawed elk bone above collected 47.7 feet east-southeast from the camera position below:
Above and below are two forms of carnivorous plants collected from friends in Montana.
Below are a series of moose bones collected from a moderately fresh young cow carcass on 22 July 09 near where the moose scat #31409.001 was collected the following day
more moose bones to come
31209.001 - Elk or Mule deer bone from bog due south of Boseman.
