Golden eagle takes flight on the Colorado plains
Not the usual type of eagle I share on Freedom Friday but certainly worthy of it. Taken at the end of March after what had been a pretty dismal photo…
Great horned owl hides in plain sight
You may recall an image I posted a couple of weeks ago of a mama great horned owl and two owlets sitting in their nest in a recent snowfall. After…
Great blue heron flies by the snow-covered Rocky Mountains
Just a ‘pretty shot’ as I would call it. While waiting for some more action-oriented pictures to take, I was keeping a keen eye on the horizon to the west…
Eyes open, talons extended, osprey takes a dive
Focus! If you’ve never seen an osprey fish, it is hard to appreciate the absolutely relentlessness, grace, aggression and power with which they do it. Plunging from on high, sometimes…
Red fox jumps up – and close
Well, this was a bit unexpected! While photographing my favorite foxes this past weekend, one of them caught me entirely by surprise. I was doing my best to stay well-hidden…
American avocets have a territorial dispute
I happened across a half dozen pair of these cool shorebirds at a pond not far from home. It was a bit late in the morning for photography but I…