Up in the Gyrfalcon Islands in Ungava Bay (northern Quebec):

Black Guillemots

Immature Black Guillemot

Herring Gulls

Great Black-backed Gulls

Bearded seal

Up in the Gyrfalcon Islands in Ungava Bay (northern Quebec):

White-rumped Sandpipers

Up in the Gyrfalcon Islands in Ungava Bay (northern Quebec):

American Golden-Plover

Snow Bunting

Musk oxen

Damselflies at Coal Creek in Boulder County:

Ebony jewelwing

American rubyspot

And toward close of day at Bear Creek Lake Park:

Great Horned Owl

A hummingbird with a decurved bill on my back deck.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (I presume)

This afternoon at Bear Creek Lake Park:

Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird on her nest (two eggs)

Early this evening in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, a young Red-tailed Hawk was being harassed by several Blue Jays:

Red-tailed Hawk and Blue Jay

An American bullfrog in the pond that never freezes:

American bullfrog

Early this morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Beaver eating one of its favorite foods, a cattail

How we typically see Great Blue Herons:

When they let loose:

Late afternoon at Bear Creek Lake Park:

Broad-tailed Hummingbird arriving at nest

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ensconced on nest

If you’re wondering how I got the hummingbird shots . . . I balanced on a half-rotted stump for 25 minutes, staying as still as possible, while holding an eight-pound camera and lens rig, repeatedly checking that the camera was focused on the nest, as well as compensating for the fading light.

A herd of almost 40 bison were hanging out at the Genesee exit along I-70 in the late afternoon.  Here’s one:

Bison

Nearby:

Rufous Hummingbird

Bushtits are now roaming in flocks of a dozen or more again.  Here’s one in my backyard:

Bushtit

Hummingbird action has ticked up.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

But perhaps the hummingbird that got hung up in the feeder yesterday (see video in 8/21/24 entry) is injured, even though it did end up flying off.  I’m not positive it’s the same hummer, but twice today I’ve seen a hummer slumped at the feeder.  Both times when I went out on to the deck, the hummer flew off, albeit slowly.

Hummingbird