This year the spring rains have been generous and brought an abundance of Wild Iris to the high arid grasslands of Northern Colorado. Will the wet summer continue or will things dry out. Only time will tell.
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A conversation with a Great Horned Owl is a pleasant way to start the morning.
Wind in his hair
An Osprey sits holding onto a, well, not so attractive, rock as the wind blows through their hair ( feathers of course).
Savanah Sparrow
A Savannah Sparrow looking a bit like an extension of the thorny shrub upon which they had perched.
In a Sea of Sage
A female Greater Sage Grouse making her home in the vast sea of sage near Walden, CO.
Around the bend
And around again.
So it goes.
Ah, So it goes.
Eared Grebe
An Eared Grebe in early season plumage gets ready to move across the pond. Maybe it’s those red eyes but I would not want to find myself alone in a dark alley with a flock of these birds.
Wake up call
One of our favorite experiences when walking along the edge of a marsh is listening to the wonderful call of the Marsh Wren. Listening to maybe a half dozen or more at times belting out a little tune. Some days the wren stay hidden in the cattails and marsh grasses and that’s ok, but every once in awhile, they pop out in full view and then let the show begin.
Common Side-blotched Lizard
Spring Sandy
Just before it began to green the Sandhill Cranes made their way through our region.
Somedays you can only hear them flying high out of sigh in a cloudless spring sky. Somedays they are out foraging in wide-open farm fields just outside of town. Yet on this day we found a single crane blending into last years cattails in a shallow marshy area. Despite the lack of green a sure sign that spring was on the way.
nature has no boss 
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