A little House Wren observes as light peeks in at the forests edge.
Denver, CO.
Tag: wildlife photography
Taking time
Sometimes you just need to linger in a landscape to soak it all up.
Taking time is something that takes time… yet it is time well spent.
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah.
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.
13 lined Ground Squirrel
The photo is a bit blurry but so was our encounter with the 13 Lined Ground Squirrel. We were watching a Prairie Dog Colony and there was one Prairie Dog that just did not seem like the others. He was thinner and smaller. They would stand up tall and then quickly dart to another location very rapidly. They were much more hidden in the grass as well. We tried over and over to get a good look but this is the best we got that afternoon. A fleeting glimpse of a magnificent 13 lined ground squirrel.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Spermophilus_tridecemlineatus/
Seeing a new animal made me realize once again that life is so diverse and wonderful and there is so much yet to see.
Importance of Poo
Bison eats grass and then it poops,bugs eat poo and then lay eggs, grubs grow, birds break apart poo and eat the grubs, the broken apart poo fertilizes soil and new grass grows. What a wonderful cycle.
Hi Ho the Prairie-o the Grackle and the Poo…
http://www.rangemagazine.com/features/winter-05/cowpie.shtml
Goldfinch
A nice Yellow Finch compliments summers leaves quite well. A male American Goldfinch enjoys a bit of shade on a warm summer afternoon.
Small
Off in the distance a tree creeper creeps.
A Small bird in a changing big world…amazing we still have birds left at all.
Lark Sparrow
A male Lark Sparrow pokes about in the short desert grasses of Western Colorado. A unique sparrow and thankfully one that is easy to identify correctly. If you have any good tips or a process you follow to identify sparrows they would sure be welcome.
Fishing hole
Usually you like to keep the location of a good fishing hole to yourself. In this case it looks like the word got out. Pelicans, Cormorants, a Blue Heron, Western Grebe were all present and the Tern you can’t forget the Tern. When the fishing is good you gotta get fishing.
Like Sunshine
Fresh new leaves and a pure blue sky are waiting for something that is just like sunshine.
A little Yellow Warbler…just as pure and bright as sunshine.
nature has no boss 
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