Rocky Mountain National Park has a good number of owl species but they are very elusive. Over the last few days I’ve been able to observe a Great Horned Owl sitting on a nest. I can’t wait for the chicks to show themselves.
Archive for April, 2010
Great Horned Owl
Posted in Photography, tagged Colorado, Estes Park, Great Horned Owl, Rocky Mountain National Park, Wildlife Photography on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Media Day with Yellow Wood Guiding
Posted in Photography, tagged Alluvial Fan in th spring snow, CO, Estes Park, Nature Photography, Rocky Mountain National Park on April 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I took out Kyle Wagner, Travel Editor for the Denver Post and her friend for a photo safari. As soon as they pulled in the snow started to fly but we still had a great time taking photos and discussing photography technique. Also Sunset Magazine did a short piece on Yellow Wood Guiding Photo [...]
Birding Trip to the Valley
Posted in Wildlife, tagged Birding, Colorado, Estes Park on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today Kaiyote Snow from Kaiyote Tours and I did a birding loop from Estes Park, Longmont, Loveland and back. We saw a ton of birds over 11 hours, hitting foothills, wetlands, prairie, and mountain habitats and found 83 species. It was a great day of birding, the highlight being a Great Horned Owl with 3 [...]
Happy Beaver
Posted in Photography, Wildlife, tagged Beaver, Colorado, Estes Park, Wildlife Photography on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Being a full time nature guide has many perks, but one of my favorites is getting to know the animals of Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park intimately. Last evening I headed down to a great Beaver lodge to see how much activity there was. At least 3 of the beavers were out at [...]
Moraine Park Sunrise
Posted in Photography, tagged Colorado, Estes Park, Landscape Photography, Moraine Spring Sunrise, Rocky Mountain National Park on April 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I headed into the park hoping to get the party cloudy part of the forecast with the clouds in the right spot. Like usual they were farther east than hoped but it was still a nice sunrise. Those magic mornings where everything goes right are very rare. So I made the best of what we [...]
First Flower of Spring
Posted in Photography, tagged Colorado, Early Buttercup, Estes Park, Nature Photography, Rocky Mountain National Park on April 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Generally every year around April 5th the Early Buttercups start to bloom. This year thy were budding on the 5th but no flowers were open. Today just this one was shining in the sun. Lower in Estes Park other flowers are showing up but I always count spring being the day I find the first [...]
Spring is on the way
Posted in Photography, Wildlife, tagged Colorado, Estes Park, Nature Photography, Pine Squirrel, Rocky Mountain National Park, Wildlife Photography on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With warming temps spring is on the way. The ground squirrels are making their first appearance after a long winters nap. The tree squirrels however never took a break. Here’s a Pine Squirrel checking me out. Pine Squirrels are very important for other mammals like Weasel’s to access the subnivean world under the snow.
