Watching a Lesser Yellowlegs working over the shoreline of an alpine lake for a meal. Summertime…when the living was easy.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lesser_Yellowlegs/lifehistory
http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/lesser-yellowlegs
Tag: national wildlife refuge
American Avocet
The colors of spring have faded but this American Avocet looks none the worse for wear in non breeding plumage. They may be black and white but still looking stunning with those beautiful blue legs.
Always Curious
We were surprised when a pair of River Otters popped up over a river bank to check us out early one morning. Curious and inquisitive they had a quick look and then slipped back down the bank and out of sight.
Later on the family went out for a stroll along the riverbank and all marched in a line…well except for junior who had to make his own way.
Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Summer Shower
An afternoon shower moves through the Arapahoe National Wildlife Refuge on a summer afternoon.
Walden, CO.
A Little Tune
A tiny marsh wren belting out a little tune on an overcast day in the Arapahoe National Wildlife refuge near Walden, CO.
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.
nature has no boss 
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