
This gal was perched high on a cattail checking out the males who were singing their hearts out for a mate. Nothing like hearing a chorus of yellow headed blackbirds singing away to let you know that spring is here.

This gal was perched high on a cattail checking out the males who were singing their hearts out for a mate. Nothing like hearing a chorus of yellow headed blackbirds singing away to let you know that spring is here.

The looks says it all. This Jay had his back to me so I was trying to sneak up on him and focus on his very colorful tail feathers. Needless to say he was on to me.

Naah… just a fine looking Muskrat munching away on a mid-day snack. Photographed near an irrigation ditch while driving the backroads of Weld County, CO hunting for migrating birds.

Miles, Coltrane, Evans…..or as Louie Armstrong once said…man if you gotta ask you don’t know.

An old friend with wisdom to share for all who are willing to listen.

Prairie Dog warming up the engines on a chilly spring morning with some wonderful solar power. Happy April Fools day…no joke, and no this guy was not a meal for the coyote posted last week.

Although they are the most numerous of the ducks I encounter I am always enamored by the Mallards. Wearing his finest breeding colors this guy was putting on quite a display.

Praire dog asking if anyone wants a knuckle sandwich. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National wildlife refuge.

Not the drink and the photo does have a little white….. but what the heck. The earth demonstrating once again it is alive and in the dead of winter makes a beautiful sight. Photographed in Yellowstone National Park.

It’s falling and that means it’s time to fall with it. Cooler, wetter and very colorful up in the hills. A beautiful time to be outside.