Little owl, big stretch
A bit of a TBT to July 4th. Burrowing Owls come to the Colorado plains during the summer and are tons of fun to watch and photograph. Almost without fail,…
Dive!
A young Red Tailed Hawk takes flight. Not sure if it was something I said or what but this raptor did not want its picture taken. Almost immediately after I…
Elusive gray ghost finally captured on film
Well, not really a ghost and not on film but you get the idea. ;-) Northern Harriers are notoriously difficult to get good pictures of. Their erratic flight patterns mere…
Take out, anyone?
A Bald Eagle ensures it has a good grip on its prairie dog breakfast as it flies off. Taken in Adams County, Colorado yesterday.
Golden Eagle makes unusual appearance on the plains
It isn't too often you find these gorgeous birds out on the plains and I have only seen them a handful of times at all. This past weekend though, good…
Christmas Eve Portrait of a Bald Eagle
A belated Freedom Friday posting due to the holiday. With family in town for the holidays, we took them for a tour of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge…