Monthly Archives: July 2024

July 28, 2024

This morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

A young Hooded Merganser

Beaver

Mourning Dove

And at my back deck:

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Up in Genesee at close of day:

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Immature Western Bluebird

July 13, 2024

At Rocky Mountain National Park today:

Mule deer

Dusky Grouse

Dusky Grouse chick

Dusky Grouse chick

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Glamour shot:

White-tailed Ptarmigan

If you’ve looked repeatedly at Rocky Mountain National Park for a White-tailed Ptarmigan and haven’t found one . . .

White-tailed Ptarmigan

. . . even with an eye open, they’re not so easy to see:

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Marmots

Pika

Northwestern Fritillary

July 5, 2024

This morning at Rocky Mountain National Park, a pika gathering flowers:

Pika

Pika

Pika

Pika

Here’s a well-known, one-eyed pika:

Pika

The pika wasn’t the only one gathering food:

Marmot

My nemesis bird, no longer:

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Greenish Blues on the west side of the park:

Greenish Blue (male)

Greenish Blue (female)