Bull moose grazes its way through the forest showing signs of the coming rut
With the rut quickly approaching, the bulls are losing the velvet on their antlers. It isn’t always pretty, as seen here, but it is part of the process leading up…
Elk bull lets loose with the sounds of the season
Oh, that unmistakable bugle! Let the rut begin! The coming weeks are one of my favorite times of the year for many reasons, not the least of which is getting…
Great horned owl stands ready to sound the siren
A very fun, unusual photo op with this owl. I have driven by this structure at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge for years and never gave it a…
“You are right, Mom! These are the good ones!”
With mama moose just a few feet away from it, this calf was quite relaxed sampling the area fauna while being photographed. It will spend winter with mom and then…
Garter snake says, “Don’t tread on me!”
I didn’t get to go on a photo excursion yesterday, unfortunately, as I had my fantasy football draft instead. Afterwards, I set about the usual weekend yardwork and after mowing…
Focused young osprey
An osprey locks eyes with the lens, perched with quiet dominance on a weathered branch - nature’s sentinel surveying its domain. Wrapping up my photo excursion this past weekend, my…