Hummingbirds: Fight’s on!
Military pilots initiate sessions of head-to-head aerial combat training with that simple phrase. It seems appropriate for this picture of two hummingbirds who are about to begin a duel over…
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird in flight
Of the dozens of hummingbirds from this past week in Colorado State Forest State Park, this guy was the most elusive. He was clearly a master of the 'dine and…
Prairie Falcon performs high altitude dive
While at the top of Montgomery Pass (12,000 feet) in northern Colorado, this Prairie Falcon performed a dive down the mountainside. We were actually taking pictures of Pikas when this…
Butterfly takes advantage of the green conditions
Colorado's high country experienced above average snowfall this past winter and has had a relatively wet spring and summer. That has allowed the mountain landscape to be greener and more…
Watchful American Pika
This little guy and a bunch of his friends were quite active along the talus slopes of the top of Montgomery Pass, Colorado in recent days. My son and I…
Swainson’s Hawk in flight
Taken this past May, this gorgeous female gave me some nice flybys with the blue Colorado skies serving as a backdrop.