American kestrel hunts on the Colorado plains
I don’t know that there is a prettier raptor than the male American kestrel. The blue / gray on the top of the head and wings with the orange /…
Bighorn sheep ram delivers a headbutt to a competitor’s butt
Sunday I again headed to the northern Colorado foothills to photograph the Centennial State’s official animal. The bighorn were more cooperative this time and the light better, giving me some…
Ferruginous hawk reaches for the sky
As we get further into the colder months, I am slowly seeing more and more of these cool raptors. This particular one was staking out a pole on a road…
Mama moose shows her little one the good stuff
I haven’t done #MooseMonday in a while so here is one back from the first of August in Rocky Mountain National Park. This was actually my first trip into the…
King of the mountain silhouette
This past week I tried someplace new to me for photographing bighorn sheep. As I arrived, off in the distance on the side of a cliff and straight into the…
The forest has eyes
Spotting great horned owls is a challenge but as the leaves have fallen off most of the trees, it gets easier this time of year. This was one smart owl…