One of Wyoming’s most well-known bird photographers managed to get a golden snap of three burrowing owls on the outskirts of his home town.
Peter G. Arnold of Cheyenne has been photographing birds for years, but his most recent shot was a majestic one. It was made possible by setting up a GoPro camera on a time lapse for an extended period near holes where the creatures had burrowed.
They can’t dig holes themselves, but instead rely on the labour of badgers, foxes, prairie dogs and ground squirrels for their dwellings.
Arnold had to sift through thousands of frames, taken every five seconds after setting up his tripod, to find one snapped at just the right moment. He was ecstatic when he realized that his patience had paid off.
“I have to credit my patient wife of 50 years,” he told Cowboy State Daily this month. The GoPro captured the animals on Jun. 28.
Two of Arnold’s photos will be featured in next year’s Wyoming Wildlife calendar. He is one of the judges of the associated photo competition.
Arnold is also known for being one of the authors of the book “Cheyenne Birds by the Month.”
Photo credit: Peter G. Arnold of Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Figurative gold is great, but so is real gold
This is particularly true considering the yellow metal’s recent rally to a high dollar of approximately US$2,460 per ounce.
Twenty miles west of Cheyenne, an undeveloped gold resource held by U.S. Gold Corp. (Nasdaq: USAU) will soon become a valuable contributor to the state’s economy.
The Silver Crown mining district’s CK Gold Project will produce nearly 1.6 million gold equivalent ounces in the coming years. Excavation is set to begin by the end of 2024. It is estimated to contain almost 250 million pounds of copper too.
This gold and copper mining operation will generate about US$300 million in profit for U.S. Gold while creating hundreds of jobs for local residents.
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