| First snow of September on Mt Otis |
Late winter snow on Mt Ypsilon |
| Changing aspen reflect on Bear Lake |
Wind-sculpted spruce tree at treeline |
| Glacier Creek in autumn |
Longs Peak reflects on placid Bear Lake
while a storm brews overhead |
| A friendly Western Grebe |
Twin mountain goat kids on Mount Evans |
A great horned owl rests on roots of
a fallen ponderosa pine tree |
Northern flicker family |
| A great blue heron with sushi breakfast |
Burrowing owl on a weathered fence post |
| Lone mule deer buck foraging in fresh snow |
Frosty bull elk
(this was a cold morning in Yellowstone) |
| Pair of bighorn rams enjoy the view from Rock Cut at sunset |
A female broadtailed hummingbird at nest with chick |
| A newborn elk calf struggles to its feet for the first time |
Friendly golden mantled ground squirrels |
| A bull elk bugles mightily in Horseshoe Park |
Three red fox kits explore their new home |
| A great horned owl chick glares down from an aspen tree |
An industrious pika carries a mouthful of alpine avens
to its storage cache beneath tundra rocks |
