Hidden ever so slightly in a forest of green is a Mountain Chickadee. We can count on our small friends to keep us company year long and now that winter is on the way we do enjoy their company.
Happy Friday and enjoy the weekend.
Tag: wildlife
Great Blue: Ardea herodias
A Great Blue Heron Enjoying the sunset as they forage for the evenings meal. These birds have excellent night vision and actually can hunt into the evening hours.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
Chillin
Usually Prairie Dogs are busy scurrying about from hole to hole feeding and digging. This guy seemed to just be carefree and chillin’ on his front porch on a late summer afternoon and enjoying the warm sun and expansive prairie view. He does look well fed and ready for the upcoming winter. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
Portrait
A black bear surveys the surroundings with both nose and eyes while foraging on an autumn afternoon.
Sora: Porzana carolina
On a recent hike we came across a small pond in an unexpected place which delivered another unexpected sight, a Sora, out and about foraging on a cloudy afternoon. Given the lack of sunlight and the distance to cover the photos were not the best but the memory of seeing this secretive little bird pecking away still burns bright.
Red Bellied Marmot
Enjoying a bit of sunshine after a few cold fall days.
More Mantids
We recently came across numerous mantids in a field of golden fall grasses near us. These Mantids dressed in gold were so well camouflaged they were hard to see at all. It was only when they took flight we were able to follow them to their landing spots and get a good glimpse of these wonderful insects. A fun way to spend a bit of time on an Autumn afternoon.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Sniffing Snowberries
A young Black Bear using their extraordinary sense of smell takes some time stop and sniff the berries. Snowberries to be exact. He decided to pass but snowberries are an important food source for many birds in winter. Snowberries are also but considered poisonous to humans.
Home on the range
A White tailed Doe making her way through the golden fall grasses. She does indeed look at home on the range.
Fall Meadowlarks
It seems like we have always photographed Western Meadowlarks in spring and early summer but never in autumn so seeing a few hanging out on fence posts one afternoon singing away was a treat especially in their fall plumage.
nature has no boss 
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