A tiny marsh wren belting out a little tune on an overcast day in the Arapahoe National Wildlife refuge near Walden, CO.
Tag: national wildlife refuge
Hunting Heron
Ever so patient a Black Crowned Night Heron works the waters on a summer afternoon.
Arapahoe National Wildlife Refuge, CO.
Good Catch
Terns are one our favorites to watch hunting. So elegant and graceful yet powerful and precise.
A Forsters Tern appears to make the catch of a small minnow where X marks the spot.
Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
At dawn
Fog rises from water warmer than the air.
Ducks begin their day.
Coffee warms my bones.
Red Rocks Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
American Redstart
A male American Redstart full of color and song on a cool early summer afternoon. Never one to sit still for long this little guy was both a frustration and joy to watch and photograph.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Redstart/id
Swan River National Wildlife Refuge.
More Sounds of Silence
Sound to take in without sound to block out.
Although I posted this a week ago I just became aware of this new study on noise in our national parks and thought it important to pass along. The link is below.
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2017/06/sounds-nature-national-parks-are-being-trampled-noise
Yes it is more than just a feeling ….Noise levels in our wild places are increasing at a rapid pace and what the consequences are only time will tell. Unless we respect that silence it seems it will soon be gone.
Yes, Silence has a sound that is becoming silenced.
A Prairie Dog’s Song
This song seemed to be a gentle warning call but I could be wrong. However, biologists studying Prairie Dogs have discovered they have a complex language and perhaps one day we will understand it. Another discovery that suggest we are less different and more alike on this planet.
Pawnee National Grasslands, CO.
