04/12/2018 - 00:00
Open water in ponds and rivers finally means freedom for the beavers after a long winter. They waste no time heading to the forest edge to cut fresh branches or even start falling trees. Read more
04/05/2018 - 00:00
Above: Granddaughter Mesha giving her brother Uriah a ride on her little snowmobile in our snow depleted yard. Read more
03/29/2018 - 00:00
Pileated woodpeckers are the largest of the common woodpeckers found in most of North America. Read more
03/15/2018 - 00:00
On the Hunt
Leon Lorenz photo Read more
02/01/2018 - 00:00
The pine grosbeak is a member of the finch family and is a permanent resident through most of its range. Read more
01/18/2018 - 00:00
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep rams (pictured here) as well as other wild sheep species have a dominance hierarchy in which a ram's size, particularly the size of his horns, determines his position in the hierarchy ladder. Smaller rams respect the dominance of the larger ones, with serious head crashing battles usually held between rams that are fairly equal in size. Read more
01/04/2018 - 00:00
This great horned owl certainly knows the wisdom of remaining silent as it patiently waited in ambush for several feeding pine grosbeaks to maybe venture within attack distance. Read more
12/21/2017 - 00:00
The Rocky Mountain goat’s white thick coat keeps it warm as it treks the colder, high elevations of the mountains. By nature normally skittish around humans, those in national parks are more accustomed to human contact and may be bolder. Read more
