Black-footed ferret hunts for a meal on the Colorado plains
It is National Wildlife Refuge Week so perhaps it is appropriate that I got to spot one of these cool creatures Sunday at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.…
Fleet-footed ferret makes the photographer’s morning
It had been more than a year since I last saw this endangered species but yesterday put an end to the drought. As is often the case with them, it…
Celebrating Endangered Species Day with one of the rarest of creatures, the black-footed ferret
The third Friday of each May is Endangered Species Day, a day to learn more about protecting threatened and endangered species. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Endangered…
Black footed ferret on a foggy, frosty morning
Finally! It had been almost two years since I saw one of these little guys and Saturday I finally got another chance. Unfortunately, it was ridiculously foggy and the light…
Black-footed ferret keeping watch
Another encounter with North America’s most endangered mammal. I have been pretty fortunate to have seen these little guys a few times over the past six months or so. Most…
Black-footed ferret sizes up its next meal
Always such a thrill to get to see North America’s most endangered mammal and this was on opportunity I almost missed. I was about 30 miles south when I got…