Proud as a Peacocok

While there are deer and turkeys everywhere we came across some peacocks along the road.  Very pretty but they must have escaped from someone's yard.   I doubt they are part of Montana's wildlife landscape.   The fires around Libby have died down with some cool, wet weather so we've been able to stick around and the smoke is gone so we can breathe. 

We've been gold mining on Libby Creek and have to show off the gold we've found.  Believe it or not the amount in the pan is about $100 worth.  We also got some good exercise moving rocks, shoveling and panning.  The other benefit was seeing some great wildlife while we worked.  We watched an American Dipper bird work the fast moving water of the creek looking for insects.  Those birds are amazing, they can swim as well as any duck.  We also had a black bear come down to the creek and check us out.  He was busy looking for berries and not really interested in us.