An afternoon storm approaching as we drive on a very narrow backroads path somewhere near the Wyoming/Colorado border.
Weekends are the time to get off the beaten path and explore something new. Walk a different route or drive a country road. The Journey is the destination and you can’t get lost when you are already there. Have a great weekend.
An afternoon storm reflecting on the spring ponds in the Arapahoe National Wildlife Refuge.
A few lone lodgepole pines happily reflecting in a flooded meadow as the sun sets along the Noris River in Yellowstone National Park. The grass below will be happy this year.
The amazing blue bill and wonderful red color of a male Ruddy Duck. Photographed on a nice sunny morning at Lake John near Walden, CO.
Sometimes things are hidden in plain sight. While on a hike on a busy forest trail we ran across this beautiful Barred Owl sitting in plain sight only a few feet off the trail and perched low in a tree. Innumerable hikers walked right past without noticing. Even when we stopped to take a few photos only a few folks stopped to ask what we were photographing.
So Little Time…
Not a bad dilemma for this little Wilson’s Phalarope hunting for breakfast near Walden, CO.
An Adult and a Juvenile White Faced Ibis Preen in the morning light Near Arapahoe National Wildlife Refuge in Walden Colorado.
While driving some backroads a few weekends ago a small group of White Faced Ibis few right over the car and landed in a small pond next to the road. We pulled a quick U-turn and got a chance to observe these guys for awhile. Just like each of our previous Ibis encounters it was short lived as they preened for 10-15 minutes and then flew off. They are amazing birds and that plumage.
Sheep that is. A young Bighorn Sheep resting in some nice spring growth after a bit of time spent grazing. Photographed near Salida, CO.
We spent Memorial Day weekend out looking for migratory birds in Northern Colorado. This May it has been unusually cold and snowy and Memorial day weekend was no exception as one after another we were hit by short storms dropping a little Graupel and then blowing quickly out. We must have experienced about 10-15 in one single day. It was clear summer will come a bit latter this year to the high plains in North Park, CO.
Or Landscape within a Landscape within a Landscape. How do you photograph the landscape within the landscape? Nature is a repeating fractal pattern ever present but for me a difficult subject to photograph. Not macro or micro photography but capturing what is small yet large and large yet small. This is one attempt.
nature has no boss 
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