An endangered species success story
It is believed that Bald Eagle populations were as high as 500,000 in the lower 48 states before the arrival of Europeans. Adopted as the United States' national symbol in…
For #EndangeredSpeciesDay – North America’s rarest animal
The Black-footed Ferret is a rarity on the Great Plains and the only ferret native to North America. Once numerous, the small animals were harvested for the fur trade. That,…
Juvenile Bald Eagle in pursuit of a meal
Why catch your own fish when you can steal one from another eagle? That is pretty standard operating procedure for these big raptors although it seems like they spend more…
Great Blue Heron against the blue Colorado sky
For those of you along the Colorado Front Range, you know full well this image wasn't taken today as we are getting a late season snowstorm as I type this.…
Springtime means playtime for Fox kits
These two cuties provided me with a couple of hours of entertainment last weekend. They were quite content to relax and soak up the early morning sun most of the…
Osprey spreads its wings
These raptors are amazingly agile in flight. Able to hover at one moment, dive into the water in the next. This male had just delivered some nesting material and was…