Lost Trail Wildlife Preserve

This picture was taken at sunrise in a valley that spread out before our eyes like a treasure. The preserve is about 50 miles southwest of Kalispell, MT near the little town of Marion. I'm not sure how large the peserve is (but it IS big) because there are no brochures or information kiosks, and I couldn't find much information on the internet. I'm sure this beautiful place remains the same as it was when the earliest explorers and settlers came to this part of Montana.

We've made two trips to Lost Trail, one in the morning and one in the evening, and saw different animals each time: Lots of deer, a gray wolf, a fox, elk, moose, little chipmonk-like critters, sand hill cranes, blue herons, yellow-headed blackbirds, woodpeckers, ducks, hawks and other assorted birds.
Here's a Kestril (small hawk) who caught a little critter for his breakfast.




You can see more pictures of this momma deer chasing a gray wolf on EB's website.