Juvenile #Burrowing #Owl staring into the void, perhaps considering why #Mondays exist. 🦉
#theOutsiderPhotos #Owlet #BurrowOwl #BurrowingOwl #BirdOfPrey #Owls #Bird #Birder #Birds #Nature #NatureLover #Birding #Raptor #BabyAnimal #Wild #Wildlife #ColoradoBird #DenverAudubon #AudubonSociety
Image shows an adult Bald Eagle in profile. Since it's an adult, the eagle's head has the distinctive white feathers while its body shows brown feathers with slightly lighter edges. The background is a vibrant, clear, crisp blue sky.
Yesterday, I shared a #juvenile #Bald #Eagle. 🦅Today, I'm sharing an adult for comparison. Magnificent #birds!
#theOutsiderPhotos #BaldEagle #Bird #Birder #Raptor #Wild #Wildlife #Nature #NatureLovers #NatureLover #BirdOfPrey #ColoradoBirds #DenverAudubon #AudubonSociety #Birding #BirdPhotography
A young Bald Eagle perches atop a wooden post. The sky is clear, cloudless, and bright blue. The Eagle's feathers are mottled brown and white. The bird is looking to its right.
#Juvenile #Bald #Eagle against a #crisp #blue #Colorado #sky. 🦅
#theOutsiderPhotos #BaldEagle #Bird #Birder #Birdwatcher #Birds #Birding #Raptor #BirdOfPrey #Wild #Wildlife #ColoradoWildlife #BirdPhotography #EaglePhotography #ColoradoBird #Nature #NatureLover #NatureLovers
A fox kit hops on the shoulders of its mother. The kit is snuggling its nose in its mother's fur, just behind her right year. Mother fox's expression -- with closed eyes and mild grimace -- suggests the fatigue of parenthood.
#Twosday #snuggle with mama #vixen and her energetic #kit. 🦊What does her expression say to you? 😑
#theOutsiderPhotos #Mammals #Mammal #RedFox #Nature #NatureLovers #Wild #Wildlife #RedFox #Fox #FoxKit #BabyAnimal #ColoradoWildlife #WildlifePhotography #AnimalPic #CuteAnimal
An Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear looks at the viewer after just popping its head above water. Only the bear's head and tops of its shoulders are visible above the water. The bear's mouth is open at an angle, resembling the :/ emoji.
Looking forward to #Monday? 😕
#theOutsiderPhotos #BrownBear #AlaskanCoastalBrownBear #Water #River #Alaska #Wild #Wildlife #Nature #NatureLover #Mammals #Bear #Predator #Resist #Animal #AlaskaWildlife #WildilfePhotography #KatmaiNPP #BrooksFalls #BrooksCamp #BearWatching #KatmaiAlaska
A Red-Shafted Northern Flicker perches on the side of a pine tree, its feet grasping the rough bark. The background vegetation is green, indicating a summer scene. The bird is poised to strike at the tree to forage for insects.
Despite being #woodpeckers, #Northern #Flickers often hunt on the ground. #Ants are their favorite, which they dig up and eat with a long, barbed tongue. 🐜😮
#theOutsiderPhotos #Bird #Birder #Birding #Nature #NatureLover #Wild #Wildlife #ColoradoBird #BirdPhotography #BirdWatcher #NorthernFlicker
Image shows the heads and shoulders of two Mule Deer fawns standing next to each other. The fawn on the left is licking the other fawn just above its right eye, causing it to close its eye and try to escape the attention. Their fur is spotted with white, indicating they are only a few weeks to a couple of months old. The background shows bright green vegetation, indicating springtime.
Looking forward to ☀️ #Spring 🦌 #fawns! These #twins were so #cute together. Hope to see another set in the yard soon.
#theOutsiderPhotos #MuleDeer #Mammals #Animals #Wild #Nature #NatureLover #ColoradoWildlife #Colorado #Spring #Deer #BabyAnimals #CuteAnimals #Wildlife #Muley #Mulie
A juvenile raccoon pauses mid-climb to look at the viewer. It is situated between a large pine tree trunk on the left that is vertically oriented and another trunk of the same tree, angled to the right. The background is green and lush, indicating a late Spring or early Summer timeframe.
A juvenile #raccoon observes from the safety of the trunks of a #pine #tree. They've astonishing climbing abilities, even at this relatively young age. This #cutie scaled 75' (22 m) in seconds.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Nature #NatureLover #Mammal #Mammals #wildlife #Wild #ColoradoWildlife #animal #cute
A Western Tanager perches on a twig in a Gambel Oak tree. Its head has a few scarlet feathers around the beak and eye. Its head and abdomen is vibrant yellow, standing out against the lush greens of the Gambel Oak background.
A #Western #Tanager, one of the most #vibrant #birds to visit #Colorado, likely gets the #red pigment in its #feathers -- rhodoxanthin -- from #insects in their diet.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Birder #Bird #BirdWatching #Nature #NatureLovers #WesternTanager #ColoradoBird #BirdPhotography #BirdPics #Wild
A mother Pronghorn faces the viewer while a yearling Pronghorn -- probably her offspring -- snuggles under the neck of the mother. The yearling is positioned perpendicular to its mother. The background implies a prairie setting on a bright, sunny day.
As #elegant as they are #fast -- #Pronghorns are the #fastest land #animal in the entire western hemisphere. Unlike #deer or #elk, they #graze any time of day because their 60 mph top speed can't be outrun!
#theOutsiderPhotos #Mammal #Colorado #Nature #NatureLover #Wild #Wildlife #ColoradoWildlife
A Laughing Kookaburra bird perches on a tree branch that traverses horizontally through the lower one-third of the image. The bird is looking to its right. The background is green and lush, indicating a summer scene.
#Iconic #Laughing #Kookaburra -- did you know a group of them is called a #riot?!😮
#theOutsiderPhotos #LaughingKookaburra #Australia #AustraliaBirds #Bird #Birds #Birder #Birdwatching #Nature #NatureLover #AustralianWildlife #Wild #BirdPic #BirdPhotography #Travel #AdventureTravel #Birding
Image shows a range of mountains in the background with a lush, green coniferous forest in the foreground. A low cloud sits between the trees and the mountain, giving the appearance that the mountains are rising from a cloud. More scattered clouds dot the otherwise clear sky above the mountains. The scene is rugged, majestic, and breathtakingly beautiful.
#Alaska has so much #majestic and #rugged #beauty. Have you been? Let's share stories!
#theOutsiderPhotos #Wild #LandscapePhotography #Mountains #Trees #PNW #WildAlaska #TravelAlaska #Anchorage #TurnagainArm #AlaskaLandscape #Resist #Nature #NatureLover #NatureLovers
Two large and well-fed Alaskan Coastal Brown Bears stand side by side in Brooks river. The bears' left sides are facing the camera. The bear in the background is looking down into the water for Salmon. The bear in the foreground has its head up and is looking at something in the distance to the left of the image's edge. Part of Brooks Falls is visible in the background.
A pair of #Alaskan #Coastal #Brown #Bears #fish for #salmon in the clear, cold waters of #Brooks #river in #Katmai National #Park.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Mammal #Bear #BrownBear #Nature #NatureLover #AlaskaWildlife #Twosday #Wildlife #WildAlaska #Travel #AdventureTravel #BrooksFalls #KatmaiNPP #Resist
Photo of a Snowshoe Hare in its brown, rust, tan, and black summertime coat. The Hare sits among lush green undergrowth of ferns and other vegetation adjacent to rich brown earth. The Hare has a few leaves of vegetation in its mouth.
#Summer #Snowshoe #Hare memories from #Katmai #National #Park in #Alaska.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Mammals #Wildlife #Nature #NatureLover #WildlifePhotography #AlaskaWildlife #Mammal #Art #Wild #SnowshoeHare #KatmaiNPS #Resist #AlaskaWildlife
A Mule Deer Buck walks through a forest of mixed coniferous and Gambel Oak trees. Snow is actively falling and the deer's antlers, forehead, and neck and shoulders are caked with snow that has melted and become icy. Even some small icicles have formed on the deer's ear. Its fur is wet around its face and ears from the melting snow.
#Mule #Deer #buck looking #majestic sauntering through the #Colorado #snow.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Snowfall #Mammals #Nature #NatureLover #MuleDeer #Muley #Mulie #Antlers #Rut #DeerRut #Animal #Wildlife #ColoradoWildlife #WildlifePhotography #Winter #WinterWildlife #Mammal #ColoradoPhotography
Image shows a large male mule deer buck in focus in the background pursuing a mule deer doe, slightly out of focus, in the foreground. They are navigating through approximately six to eight inches of snow within a Pine tree forest. Snow has collected on the backs, foreheads, and faces of the deer. Light snow is falling throughout the forest.
A #mule #deer #buck pursues a #doe during #rut deep within the #wintry #Colorado #woods.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Mammals #Nature #NatureLover #DeerRut #MuleDeer #Muley #Antlers #ColoradoWildlife #WildlifePhotography #Wild #Wildlife #Snow #ColoradoSnow #WinterWildlife #Forest #Snowfall #Animal
Image shows an Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear about shoulder deep in clear, cold, churning water in the Katmai wilderness in Alaska. The image focuses mostly on the bear's head, showing it looking towards the viewer. Its fur is wet from swimming in the water, fishing for salmon to eat.
#Hoping for a trip to #Alaska in #2026 like this #bear is hoping for #Salmon to fill its belly. 😋🐟
#theOutsiderPhotos #BrownBear #AlaskanCoastalBrownBear #Mammal #Nature #NatureLover #Katmai #BrooksFalls #KatmaiNPP #Resist #Mammals #AlaskaWildlife #Wildlife #Wild #WildlifePhotography #BearPics
An American Robin perches on a small, dry, brown and beige branch. The beige and brown background tangle of twigs and branches indicates a winter scene. A few tiny snow grains are falling here and there in the scene. The Robin's beak is lightly tipped with snow. The most striking feature of the image is the vibrant rusty red-orange breast of the Robin, which contrasts brightly with the relatively quiet winter surroundings.
As #Winter #Solstice nears, the #Robin's red breast is a symbolic reminder that even the smallest #flame #endures.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Birds #Birder #Nature #NatureLover #BirdWatching #AmericanRobin #Birding #WinterSolstice #Resist #BirdPhotography #ColoradoBird #Yule #ReturnOfTheLight #WinterBirds
A female red fox sits in a forest of Gambel Oak trees looking towards the viewer. Her tail is outstretched, lying flat on the ground behind her. Her chest fur is wet from recent damp weather.
I often #wonder how we #humans have the privilege to exist on this #planet with such #beauty as this #vixen.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Mammals #Wild #Nature #NatureLover #Wildlife #RedFox #Fox #WildlifePhotography #Colorado #ColoradoWildlife #Forest #Animal #CuteAnimal #NaturePhotography #AnimalPic
A Red-Tailed Hawk takes off into a blue sky. Its wings are in the downward position, indicating it is pushing itself skyward. The tips of four of its primary flight feathers on the left wing are curled upward, indicating a firm downward wingbeat. The hawk's tail feathers are a vibrant rusty red-orange, making it easy to identify this beautiful raptor.
#Red-Tailed #Hawks are common, but still one of my favorite #birds to #photograph. This one shows classic #coloration with its #vibrant #red #tail.❤️
#theOutsiderPhotos #Bird #Birder #Birding #BirdWatcher #ColoradoBird #BirdPhotography #Raptors #BirdOfPrey #Wild #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography
A Killdeer pauses on the shoreline of a fresh water lake in Colorado. The view shows small twigs and brown leaves or vegetation in the foreground, indicating cold weather. Background shows small waves approaching the shoreline. The Killdeer is shown in profile on a sunny day.
Among the many interesting qualities of a #Killdeer, they have clever #hunting moves—run, stop, flash their white throat, even foot-tremble—to flush hidden #prey.🪰🪱🐟
#theOutsiderPhotos #Birds #Birder #Birding #BirdWatching #ColoradoBirds #DenverAudubon #AudubonSociety #Plover #Wild #BirdPhotography
A female mule deer, in profile in the foreground, pauses next to a male mule deer, also in profile in the background. The wooded are the deer are standing in is devoid of leaves and it is actively snowing. Snow has collected on their fur and some snow has even collected in a depression in the buck's antlers.
#Courting #Mule #Deer pause in the #snowy #Colorado #woods. The #buck doggedly pursued the #doe, then she briefly paused with him. Maybe he has a chance to be her #beau?
#theOutsiderPhotos #MuleDeer #Mammal #Nature #NatureLover #Muley #DeerRut #RutSeason #Animal #Wild #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography
A male Mule Deer with a large rack of antlers pauses its walk through a snowy landscape.
#Snow has finally arrived at lower elevations in #Colorado, making it the perfect time to observe the #Mule #Deer #Rut, when male #Muleys like this one are heavily-muscled with #antlers ready for #clashes with competitors.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Mammals #Nature #NatureLover #Mammal #MuleDeer #Wild
Image shows a Double-Crested Cormorant floating atop the surface of a lake. Its head is tilted upwards at about a 45 degree angle and its eye is open and visible to the viewer, showing a startlingly turquoise blue eye contrasted with its yellow face coloration. The water's surface is calm and dappled with brown, yellow, and silver colors reflecting the surrounding vegetation and sky.
#Nature #gifts innumerable #wonders, such as why would a #Double-Crested #Cormorant have #turquoise eyes?🤔
#theOutsiderPhotos #NatureLover #Bird #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #Birder #ColoradoBirds #DenverAudubon #AudubonSociety #NatureLovers #Wild #BirdPhotography #Cormorant #Gratitude #Grateful
An Abert's Squirrel is shown leaping mid-air from the forest floor towards a Ponderosa Pine tree trunk. The forest floor is covered with colorful fallen leaves and yellow, green and red vegetation of various types. The black squirrel's ears are tufted with fur. The dark color of its fur is thought to help keep it warm during winter. Other squirrels of the same species have lighter fur in warmer environments.
The #Abert’s #squirrel, a tassel-eared dweller of Ponderosa #Pine #forests, is a key indicator of #forest health and helps spread vital #mycorrhizal #fungi.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Mammal #Nature #Mammals #NatureLover #Wild #Wildlife #Colorado #Animal #WildlifePics #Rodent #Resist #ColoradoWildlife
A young male Mule Deer peers towards the viewer. The image mostly shows the buck's head and shoulders. A light snow is actively falling and a few flakes have gathered on the buck's forehead fur. His antlers are small, indicating he is probably about two years old.
#Winter is coming and with it, the #deer #rut is here.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Snow #FallingSnow #Nature #NatureLover #Mammal #Animal #DeerRut #MuleDeer #Muley #ColoradoWildlife #Wild #Wildlife #LetItSnow #Resist #Antlers #SnowDay #WildlifePhotography #GetOutside #Hike #WinterHike #Snowy #Colorado
Two male Mule Deer entangle their antlers in a battle for access to female deer for mating. Both deers' heads are low to the ground as they brace for the clash.
#Rut has begun in #Colorado. These two #Mule #Deer clash #antlers in the #snow ❄️ to convince #does which of them is the better suitor.
#theOutsiderPhotos #Nature #NatureLover #Mammal #Wild #Wildlife #Animal #MuleDeer #Muley #DeerRut #WildlifePhotography #ColoradoWildlife #Autumn #Winter #Resist
A Long-Eared Owl perches in a Cottonwood tree, looking warily towards the viewer. The bird's feather patterns blend nearly seamlessly with Cottonwood bark and the hints of yellow and orange left in remaining Fall leaves.
So incredibly well-adapted for its surroundings with its #camouflage, the loss of the #Long-Eared Owl's #habitat is sadly threatening this species.🦉
#theOutsiderPhotos #LongEaredOwl #Bird #Birder #Birds #Nature #NatureLover #Raptor #BirdOfPrey #Birding #Owl #BirdWatching #Colorado #DenverAudubon
A young Mule Deer Buck looks towards the viewer during a heavy snowfall. He seems curious and perhaps a little uncertain. The buck has one small antler and is missing two-thirds of his other antler.
#Monday has me feeling like this #buck looks -- a little damaged and somewhat uncertain how I got here. 😆🦌❄️
#theOutsiderPhotos #Mammals #Mammal #Animal #Deer #MuleDeer #Muley #Antler #Rack #Snow #Autumn #Winter #Nature #NatureLover #Rut #Mondays #Wild #WildlifePic #Colorado #ColoradoSnow #Wildlife
A tombstone stands inside a small fenced area inside a cemetery. The fence is black wrought iron topped with fleur-de-lis points. The grave has what appears to be a pink granite base, topped with engraved marble describing the person buried there. On top of the marble is a Christian cross, making the entire stone about four feet high. There are many other graves in the cemetery, which is filled with Aspen trees and a few conifer trees. The ground of the cemetery is carpeted with golden Aspen leaves, while the surrounding trees have some leaves still attached to their branches. Overall, the scene is beautiful and haunting.
1880s #Colorado -- harsh winds, #rocky soil, and short lives. This #cemetery tells stories of young #pioneers like Andrew Dooner, gone at 27 on October 14, 1889.
#theOutsiderPhotos #SpookySeason #Landscape #Scape #Escape #Nature #NatureLovers #Aspens #Tombs #Graves #Cemeteries #Samhain #Halloween
