A white Tailed Doe peeking in and saying hello on a Monday morning.
Have a great week.
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Black Crowned Night Heron
A Black Crowned Hight Heron working the ponds at Arapahoe National Wildlife refuge earlier this year.
Milk Weed
I have noticed that each fall I end up taking a few shots of milk weed and always say to myself that next fall I need to make a dedicated effort to photograph this wonderful plant. The same happened again this year.
Mountain Chickadee
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.
We are responsible for protecting what is left
http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07183-6
The article above shows that 70% of the remaining wild lands in the world are contained in just five countries. Those of us who live in any of those five countries need to take action in any way we can to help protect those remaining wild lands. Life depends on it.
The Center for Large Landscape Conservation, the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Wildlands Network, and the Half Earth Project are just a handful of organizations working to preserve what is left of the wonderful planet. Please consider supporting any organizaiton you find in your country that is working to support conservation of wildlands.
Firehole River
Along the Firehole River seasons pass faster than the river seems to flow.
Snow now cloaks the valley.
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.
Feast for the eyes
The World Wildlife Fund just released their living planet report for 2018. Up front it seems it seem the report could well be titled the dying planet instead of the living planet report given the summary states “On average, we’ve seen an astonishing 60% decline in the size of populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians in just over 40 years, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2018. The top threats to species identified in the report link directly to human activities, including habitat loss and degradation and the excessive use of wildlife such as overfishing and overhunting.”
You can read the full report here.
or here
https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/living-planet-report-2018
Please pass along the report to all who care and even those that may not.
Photo: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 2018.
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
Mountains stand still
Soft clouds speed by
GTNP
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.
nature has no boss 
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