Watchful Wile E Coyote on the Great Plains
A fun, fleeting encounter with this canine this past weekend. It was on the move and a good ways away. At one point something got its attention and it paused…
“Where did you go picturing today?”
That was the question my mom would ask me on our end of weekend phone calls. She always wanted to know what I saw and hear the stories about the…
Sandhill crane out for a morning stroll
A fun encounter up near Meeker, Colorado this past week. While camping in the area, we were in our side-by-side and I spot two of these cool, lanky birds. Quickly…
Bald eagle mama takes off to join her fledgling
From a couple of weeks ago. As I arrived at the nest area, mom was perched in a tree a good ways away from the family home. One of her…
Burrowing owl leaping into action
Having investigated the other side of the road, this male lifts off and heads back toward his home. This guy and his mate have given me some fantastic photo ops…
Hanging out with the vultures
On our camping trip in Wyoming last week, there were a lot of these cool birds circling around. I ventured out Sunday morning in hopes of finding a communal roost,…