American pika strikes a pose
One for Throwback Thursday going to this past September. This was on my last visit of the season to Mount Evans, just before they closed the road for the winter.…
Big bull shows off its smile for Wapiti Wednesday
Well, this massive elk bull was not really smiling but actually taking a big whiff of the air. This image was captured mid-September in Rocky Mountain National Park at the…
Great horned owl stays on alert to intruders
A friend tipped me off to a spot not far from home where a great horned owl pair has been hanging out (thank you!). This past Saturday I went to…
“I can fly!”
This young white-tailed deer buck showed yesterday that Santa’s reindeer have nothing on it. ;-) A fun but very fast encounter yesterday morning. I saw this guy and a friend…
The setting full “wolf moon” in the Colorado foothills
It was a "balmy" 10 degrees this morning as I stood watching the beautiful full moon descend. While cold, the scene was gorgeous and worth enduring the discomfort. The moon…
Red-tailed hawk reaches for the sky
As I returned to suburbia yesterday after my morning photo drive, I thought my photo day was done. However, I happened across this cool raptor hanging out on the remnants…