Stopping for a quick photo and to catch our breath while working our way up into the San Juan Mountains of southern CO.
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Fall Blues
A streak of blue still lingering in the the browns of fall. Mountain Bluebird in Grand Teton National Park, WY.
First of the season
Autumn colors in the valley and snow up high, the transition is almost complete.
White Breasted Nuthatch
There’s got to be a good place for this seed somewhere in this cottonwood tree.
At ponds edge
Standing at the ponds edge I could not help but feel the pond was quietly looking back at me.
Yellow Rumped
Just hanging out in the spruce happy to make your day. A Yellow Rumped warbler sings away. Grand Teton National Park, WY.
Eyeing Berries
This American Robin is eyeing a vine filled with berries all the while eyeing me trying to discern if it is safe to make his move. After a few minutes assessing the situation this guy flew into the vine out of sight but was definitely heard feasting away on this fall bounty.
mmmmm….berries!
Sights and sounds
The golden glow of the Aspens in the morning light.
Two chickadees singing a-dee-dee-dee with a nuthatch honking as the leaves rustle in the breeze.
The crows gurgling and woodpeckers pecking in the distance.
Sights and sounds of the forest on a morning hike.
Lingering
Fall seems to be lingering this year in the high county. The temperatures seem somewhat mild, the skies the bluest of blue and the Aspen trees holing onto their leaves just a little bit longer. Taking a cue from nature we lingered as well. Watching the Aspens release their leaves into the mild breezes and sitting in the fall grass looking up at thistles and blue september skies. Linger when you can because September has come and gone the days are getting ever shorter.
Precarious Perch
When we spotted this Juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron in a tree at sunset he took off flew a quick circle and landed agin on the smallest thinest branch of the tree. Wobbling back and forth flapping his wings to keep steady….kids will be kids.
nature has no boss 
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