Coyote on the prowl in yellowstone National Park, WY.
Tag: ecosystem
Feral
Once domestic but now free, an apple tree thrives when left to grow on it’s own terms underneath an old cottonwood tree. Something to aspire to….. and boy did those apples make a fine pie.
Spiral Staircase
Taking a spiral staircase down into the maze of towers and hoodoos at Bryce Canyon National Park.
Grouse
A downed tree makes a great place to lookout and survey your territory. We are not sure if this is spruce grouse or a ruffled grouse but it sure is a fine looking grouse and any grouse ID tips you can share would be appreciated. Photographed near, but not quite in, Yellowstone National Park earlier this year.
Early November
Early November has been kind. A full spectrum of color remains in the woods from green to yellow to deep rich red. The cottonwood leaves have all come down allowing the bark to shine and the branches to dance in blue skies and warm temperatures of a very long indian summer. Winter plans to make an appearance in a big way this week with cold temps that will surely cause the remaining leaves to fall. Autumn appears to be falling into winter. Photographed on the Wheat Ridge Green Belt, Wheat Ridge, CO.
Lift Off
A Black Crowned Night Heron quickly takes to flight from a murky pond adjacent to Lake John near Walden Colorado, where we surprised him while he was fishing.
Fall Thistle
Sharp and soft
Weed and flower
Here and now
Skeleton Dance
I am not quite sure this tree has died as skeletons dance at twilight on a late October day. Happy Halloween.
Deep Blue Sea
It is amazing how the color of the water can change from one day to another based upon the sky. From blue to green to a deep foreboding black. This day we were greeted with a blue cloudless sky reflecting on a deep blue sea which made for a great day of paddling between Qorneq and Kuummitt in East Greenland.
In a Cottonwood Tree
A juvenille Black Crowned Night Heron is taking a break from his fishing but still keeping an eye on the water below while perched in an old cottonwood tree along clear creek in Denver, CO. He sure looks good wrapped in those fall colors.
nature has no boss 
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