Prairie Falcon performs high altitude dive
While at the top of Montgomery Pass (12,000 feet) in northern Colorado, this Prairie Falcon performed a dive down the mountainside. We were actually taking pictures of Pikas when this…
Butterfly takes advantage of the green conditions
Colorado's high country experienced above average snowfall this past winter and has had a relatively wet spring and summer. That has allowed the mountain landscape to be greener and more…
Watchful American Pika
This little guy and a bunch of his friends were quite active along the talus slopes of the top of Montgomery Pass, Colorado in recent days. My son and I…
Swainson’s Hawk in flight
Taken this past May, this gorgeous female gave me some nice flybys with the blue Colorado skies serving as a backdrop.
Hummingbird takes a break
It isn't too often hummingbirds sit still but this one finally did. Taken in Pike National Forest, Colorado this past Sunday, this female Rufous Hummingbird was quite colorful. From her…
Rufous Hummingbird in Flight
As hummingbirds are hard to come by in suburban Denver, I had to go to the mountains to get some pictures of them. Well, actually, I was camping in Pike…