Wildlife, landscape and weather photography
Back in town after a fantastic weekend in the Colorado high country.
I didn’t take too many pics but did find a few worthy photo subjects. Among them, this good looking young deer I happened across on my hike yesterday morning.
It, its mom and its twin were enjoying the cool weather with a definite chill to it. Its spots are just about all gone as it grows up and gets ready to weather its first winter.
Check out this cute one and those ears! This mule deer fawn and its twin were hanging out with mom at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge yesterday. While mom and its sibling ignored me, this one was all eyes and ears for me. The young ones were quite small so probably no more than a couple of weeks old.
Sometimes the simplest of scenes can be quite beautiful. As the sun was cresting the horizon a warm summer’s day recently, this buck lazily ate his way across the plains. While I certainly snapped some pics, I made sure to set the camera down and take the time to just soak in what my eyes were seeing.
Oh my! Look at this cutie!
I happened across this white-tailed deer fawn and its mom late last week.
While mom didn’t really pay me much attention, the little one was much more shy and wisely kept its distance. It did give me some nice poses including this one. The early morning sun really lit up its eye showing the color in it.
Taken at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Denver, Colorado.
Despite being less than a week old, this white-tailed deer fawn was already quite fleet-footed. It was a pretty impressive display as it raced to catch up with mom last weekend.
When it grows up, it will be capable of speeds up to 30mph and able to leap as high as 10 feet and as far as 30 feet in a single bound!
It is the time of year that the deer does are giving birth to their spotted little ones and I was able to see my first of the season this past weekend.
I almost missed seeing it as I saw the doe but the fawn was up underneath mom, having some breakfast, and quite well hidden. They did eventually step apart and that allowed me to see the cute one although poor light in the thick woods prevented getting the great pics I was hoping for.
Nevertheless, it was very cool to see the fawn that was probably no more than a day or two old.
So this was an absolutely odd and fascinating scene – scroll down to view the complete sequence.
Two mule deer does were in a bit of a standoff with a ferruginous hawk. The deer tried to stomp the hawk but when they got close, the hawk jumped at one of the deer and seemed to bite its tail.
I suspect there may have been a fawn in the grass, out of sight, and the does were protecting it but I have never seen anything like this. View the album to see the entire sequence.
Taken at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
Sometimes you just can’t hold it long enough for your picture to be taken. Apparently I was taking too long to compose my shot as this pretty mule deer buck got tired of waiting and just had to relieve herself.
Taken at the start of this month, this pretty lady was out grazing as we wrapped up yet another snowfall. Light snow was falling and her back was coated in a layer of the white stuff. It was a pleasant, peaceful scene to just sit and watch as she went about her morning.
Even when our sunrises appear to be boring, they can render some pretty cool scenes.
When I headed out the door in the pre-dawn hours this past Sunday, I noted that there weren’t any clouds. That typically means sunrise won’t amount to much.
That was somewhat true in that there weren’t any clouds in the sky to light ablaze but, as the sun approached the horizon, the amber colors lit things up close to the ground. In the distance, a stand of bare trees with deer grazing underneath made for a pretty nice scene.
