Osprey on the hunt
I happened across this pretty lady back in August in Grand County, Colorado. Her young ones had fledged so her and her mate were free to do as they pleased.…
“Ooh that smell! Can’t you smell that smell?”
Forgive me for borrowing a couple of lines from an old Lynyrd Skynyrd song but that is what came to mind when I saw this. ;-) This Bighorn Sheep ram…
The setting moon at sunrise
The setting moon at sunrise. A very pretty scene this past Saturday. As the sun rose in the east and cast its warming rays on the landscape, to the west,…
Hawk hunts backyard chickens
A very fun thing to see this past weekend although I didn’t get images of all the action. I spotted a gorgeous Cooper’s Hawk hanging out in a suburban park…
“Come on! Let’s play!”
It was a lazy early fall day on the mountain for the Mountain Goat kids, well, at least for some of them. While most were quite content to just relax…
Burrowing Owl among wildflowers
This morning I shared an image of a whole clan of these cool little raptors. Here is a close up of one of the adults. It was kind enough to…