Had a few minutes today so found this Northern Harrier sitting watching for prey. Great to watch as they swoop along the hedgerows.

Winter arrives with our second snowstorm, this time about 8" of snow.

Spent a great 10 days in Scotland as well as short trips to Switzerland and England. Wonderful light, clouds, rainbows, rain!

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Geese flying in front of Horsetooth Mountain. had an enjoyable walk in warm temperatures. Lots of ducks moving in and wading birds as the winter threatens.

On a more serious note I came across this image which I took at Denver Zoo some time ago. After I re-processed it I really liked it especially the downbeat expression and the fence in the background telling a story of frustration and sadness. Sometimes we need to think about zoos and what they are doing, the pros and cons and whether that is the way of the future.

And then the elk do something like this...!  just one of those days I suppose.

Sometimes you see animals behaving in a way that just makes you laugh. These are big horn sheep saying something like "Oh my head hurts.."

Went for drive to film fall colour and was rickly rewarded despite incoming weather and recent reports of poor colours. Enjoy more here..

Unless I am very much mistaken this is a Canada goose that has become entangled in fishing line and drowned, how sad. Actually I was shocked to see what it was, when I took the shot I was under the impression that it was a rock with a snake skin lying on it and wanted to see it closer, only later when I examined the photo more closely did I realize what I was seeing.

It would be easy to blame all fishermen, however as a fisherman in my youth if my line had become entangled in this snag I would have broken off the line and left it, who is going to swim out and clean it up? Yet look what it does to our wildlife. It's sad that animals have to suffer. I don't have an easy solution.

Meantime I'll keep cleaning up any fishing line that I see.

A windy dawn on Dream Lake with Hallett Peak overlooking. Some nice clouds did arrive at the last moment adding to the view.