I actually got home from the SD National Grasslands late last week, but it takes me longer to process videos than my still images. In total I visited both the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands near Badlands National Park and the Fort Pierre Grasslands near Pierre. While both grasslands are beautiful, my impression is the Fort Pierre Grasslands gets more rainfall and therefore has more wildlife. However both regions are beautiful in their own respective unique ways. Finally, please accept my apology for including one pic that I also used in a prior post. The landscape image with the Badlands, Burrowing Owl and Jackrabbit just screams “the free range”!

The first few seconds of sunset at Buffalo Gap. The sun has just set behind Badlands National Park.

30 minutes earlier I recorded this sunset drive (video link for email subscribers)

Just after the drive I took this photo! You can see the lengthening shadows.

Of course given my earlier reference to “Home on the Range” a video with a deer or antelope was required! (video link for email subscribers)

In closing … my birdsong videos … a Western Meadowlark and Dickcissel

1. Meadowlark video for blog email subscribers
2. Dickcissel video for blog email subscribers

And now this Summer’s trip to the National Grasslands is a wrap.