A friend and I were traveling over Cameron Pass last weekend, and saw a few cars stopped alongside Highway 14. Sure enough, two bull moose were grazing on willows beside the highway. Everyone was delighted with the opportunity to view and photograph these magnificient animals. However, one of the onlookers decided to let his or […]
I had the opportunity to photograph some red fox kits last week. A family friend told me of a likely den, and I staked it out early in the morning. Sure enough, along came mother fox with a bird in her mouth, and the kits came pouring out of their den. It wasn’t long before […]
Janet and I just returned from a Norway trip featuring polar bears. The trip was put on by G Adventures, and was called “In the Realm of the Polar Bear”. It was an 11 day cruise around the archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Circle north of Norway. Altogether, we saw approximately 20 polar bears, […]
I was able to creep near a great blue heron rookery near Fort Collins. I spent an afternoon observing and photographing these wonderful birds as they came and went from their nesting sites. As the afternoon wore on, the evening sun illuminated the birds as they flew near me, and the light was magical. The […]
I traveled the back roads near Denver International Airport (DIA) earlier this week. I’d heard from bird-lovers that the location was good for a variety of birds at this time of year, and wanted to see for myself. For those of you who have not visited DIA, it is located many miles from Denver, and situated […]
Laramie River Road angles north from US Highway 14 towards Wyoming. To reach this road, you travel westward up the Poudre Canyon, passing alongside the picturesque Cache la Poudre River. Near Chambers Lake, the Laramie River Road is on the right. This unpaved road skirts the eastern edge of the Rawah Wilderness. I have traveled […]
Bluebirds frequent the Colorado high country every summer. They add a brilliant flash of color as they flit about the meadows and open spaces. Many bird-lovers situate bluebird boxes on fence posts and trees lining pastures and roadways. The bluebirds earn their keep by catching insects by the hundreds. In raising their young, bluebirds are busy most […]
I’ve watched a nest of Eastern Screech Owls for several springs now. This year, spring has been a rainy and cold adventure, and the owls were hard to capture. I was out one evening last week and found that the pair had fledged four babies. They were hanging out in a nearby grove of […]