Clouds over Wet Mountains in Colorado

Just some nice recent clouds that I have seen formed over the Wet Mountains that lie to the southwest of Canon City. In the top pic the str...

Bald Eagle in Bighorn Sheep Canyon of Colorado

I saw both this and a second adult Bald Eagle while driving through the Bighorn Sheep Canyon that runs west of Canon City to near Salida. B...

Handsome Barrow's Goldeneye

I found this flock composed of 1 male with his 8 female harem in Salida, CO at a small fishing lake called Sands Lake. As small as this lak...

Townsend's Solitaire being unusually friendly

I was very surprised yesterday when this Townsend's Solitaire landed less than 10 feet away and stayed put while I photographed it. I h...

Northern Pygmy-Owl, view from the top

I should have put this photo in earlier, it is actually the same as the top photo in the entry right below but not cropped. I think it prov...

More Northern Pygmy-Owl

The eyes and light eyebrows of the Northern Pygmy-Owl can be seen in the top pic as the owl was looking down at me in this photo. If you lo...

Calling NorthernPygmy-Owl

I found this Northern Pygmy-Owl calling from the very top of this 60-80 foot tall conifer (in the center right of the video). Since Norther...