A red-naped sapsucker enjoying the morning on a beautiful lichen covered branch. It was the first time we had seen this guy this spring and hope hangs around a bit.
Tag: ecosystem
Sharp
Sharp plant, sharp Beak, sharp looking Western Meadowlark.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
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Wood Thrush
For me the Wood Thrush is a bird I may often hear but seldom seem. Hanging out in those forests deep with green and hidden out of sight they have such a wonderful song. After listening to his song for several minutes this Wood Thrush flew out and landed on a post in a clearing for a minute or two before retuning back into the woods. Love the pudgy belly on this one.
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Good Night Heron
A Black Crowned Night Heron heads to the roost as night makes its way to the end of another day.
Good Night Heron.
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Magpie
Don’t mind me I’m just hanging out looking for a bite to eat.
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Mighty Hunter
Bugs beware as the Mountain Bluebirds pass through the area on the way back up to the high country. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Denver CO.
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The Avocet and the tern: a short story.
Imagine you are an American Avocet enjoying a quiet morning in the pond. A bit of feeding and then a little relaxation then a bit of feeding.
Then without warning a Forester’s Tern makes a sudden and unannounced and dramatic visit to your patch of the pond.
Looks like he got what he was after. Just a brief interruption of an otherwise peaceful morning.
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Peeking Out
Snow on the ground but sun in the sky. A little Pika peeking out from behind the rocks and surveying his domain as the seasons start to change.
Excavating
Hand dug additions to this years burrow. A Prairie Dog working hard at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
An exciting addition to the family home.
Everybody likes water
Along an old county road where the snowmelt and recent rains have made temporary wetlands a variety of birds enjoy a cloudy spring afternoon.
Yellowlegs, dowitchers, stilts and even a great tailed grackle enjoyed some time in the pool.
Having open lands and bit of available water is vital for many migratory birds making the spring journey to their breeding grounds. With development of open farmlands and ranches for housing, business parks and the wonderful strip mall birds lose both land and water in which they need and humans in turn lose another connection to the other creatures we share the planet with.
These farmers fields will dry up in the blink of an eye but for now support life not only for bird habitat in the spring but they also grow food for us humans as well. Less farmland, more development. Virtual reality birds and lab grown food. The future is looking bright.
Time to get out and enjoy what we still have.
Have a wonderful weekend wherever you are.
nature has no boss 
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