Red Necked Grebe

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A Red Necked Grebe on her nest somewhere in Colorado. After we saw and photographed this Red Necked Grebe we did a little research and found out through the bird watching grapevine this was the first pair to have ever been reported to be nesting in Colorado. A week latter, in what must have been an attempt to provide this pair some privacy, all information about this pair on the aforementioned birding website had been removed. We hope their nesting was successful and they return again next year.

Mountain Goat

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One of my favorite animals is the Mountain Goat so I was pleased to be able to spend some time watching a few feeding down low in Yellowstone National Park one late spring afternoon. Usually we need the spotting scope just to get a glimpse of these guys feeding high up on the steep cliff faces but this day we got lucky and were able to get fairly close. Beautiful animals for sure.

Summer Sun

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The power of the summer sun, melting the snow to fill the creeks, powering the trees to grow their leaves and the list goes on.

Clear Creek full to the brim on the summer solstice, 2015. Wheat Ridge Green Belt in Wheat Ridge, CO.

Farewell Spring

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The early bloomers have gone to seed and the grassing is growing ever taller. Farewell spring and hello summer.

We have had a nice cool and wet spring but… Shazam…just like that, the furnace has been turned on with temperatures in the upper 90’s this weekend. Summer has arrived.