Bill of the...Mammals?

Pronghorn antelope buck.

Every so often I am reminded that there is more to the natural world than just birds. Being so immersed in the world of birds tends to make one a tad myopic. And I plead guilty to that charge.

It was genuinely refreshing last month when the family and I spent a week in Yellowstone National Park where the birding was OK, but the mammal watching was outta sight!

This buck pronghorn antelope was ogling a nearby group of does, so he took little notice when our vehicle rolled to a stop about 50 feet from him, cameras beeping and whirring.

I hope to have a few Yellowstone posts in the coming days and weeks and many of them will be full of my gushing over the charismatic mega-fauna of Yellowstone. However, I don't think I'll be changing the name of this blog—though Bill of the Bighorns has a certain ring to it...

Caption Contest #14

Here's the image we've selected for the Bill of the Birds Caption Contest #14.

Submit your clever caption via the comments box below before Sunday, July 11, 2010 at midnight. Our vast panel of judges, laugh-mongers, and funny-bone specialists will select a winner on Monday afternoon, July 12, 2010. The creator of the winning caption will receive a copy of The Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of North America.

If you are new to this caption contest concept, OR if you are an Interwebs newbie, OR if you merely want to see what our panel thinks is funny, click on the Caption Contest category in the Labels line at the end of this post. That will link you to all of our previous posts that featured Caption Contests.

Perhaps this will help you get your caption-writing mojo working: I took this image a few weeks ago in Yellowstone National Park. The bird is a common raven. The women were sharing a sandwich.

Good luck to one and all!