This morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Belted Kingfisher (female)

American Dipper

American Dipper

On this Thanksgiving Day, morning was cold at 18 degrees.  Here’s Mama Great Horned Owl facing the sun:

Great Horned Owl

Papa Great Horned Owl stayed secluded:

Great Horned Owl

American Dipper

Mourning Dove

Late this afternoon in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

American Dipper

At Denver’s Washington Park:

Belted Kingfisher (female)

In the Bear Creek Greenbelt early this morning:

Beaver Moon

Although no beaver allowed itself to be seen, a mink showed its face (and its prey):

Mink with fish

American Wigeon (male)

Northern Shoveler

American Dipper

As day drew to a close in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

American Dipper

American Dipper

Papa Great Horned Owl with a rabbit

Muskrats are plentiful in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Muskrat

This morning at Waterton Canyon:

Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay

Canyon Wren

Canyon Wren (sassy edition)

American Dipper

On November 6, we got about ten inches of snow, and then a couple more inches on November 8.  The raptors looked a little bedraggled this morning:

Young Cooper’s Hawk

Young Red-tailed Hawk

A dapper Hooded Merganser:

Hooded Merganser

An American Dipper, our only songbird utterly at ease in the water.

American Dipper

And this bird, an Eastern specialty, was a complete surprise to see:

White-eyed Vireo

In the Bear Creek Greenbelt this morning:

American Dipper

Great Horned Owl

Great Blue Heron

And the Sharp-shinned Hawk paid another visit to my backyard:

Sharp-shinnedd Hawk (note the dark hood, as opposed to the cap on a Cooper’s Hawk)