Bird

Middle of Jonesy Lake (duck)



Just North West of Two Forks tower (birdhouse)



Thorofare Trailhead (flying flock - intro first day morning )



) On the trail from Thorofare Trailhead (flying flock x 2 - intro first day sunset )



) South of Five Mile Creek (flying flock)



Near the clawed tree (flying flock)

Upon arriving at Two Forks, I was glad to see a copy of George Sinclair's wonderful The Birds of Wyoming . I had forgotten to bring any bird reference books with me and had resigned myself to having to rely on memory to identify the Shashone birdlife.As it happens, I've seen very few birds during my stay.On my hike in, and at a number of locations across the Two Forks area, I've seen flocks of birds in flight. Unfortunately, they've been silhouetted every time I've seen them, making identification difficult, but something about them makes me think corvids.On the first day after arriving, I spotted some kind of duck or goose out on Jonesy Lake. Unfortunately it was too far from shore for me to be able to make a positive identification. It was also unnervingly still and may have just been a decoy used by an illegal hunter.Near Two Forks fixed to a dead tree is a small birdhouse. I've kept an eye to it for the duration of my stay, but haven't seen it used at all. I had planned to crush a granola bar and leave it in there, but I was unable to reach the opening.I have also heard woodpeckers, crows and other forest birds - even owls at night, but was never able to actually spot any.