Wildlife & Related

[hatidua]

After countless vehicles stopped in the middle of the highway to gawk at several moose, I was content today to aim the camera at rocks instead of mammals.

RMNP 11am this morning -

[def90]

Nice! which lake is that?

[hatidua]

Nice! which lake is that?

Dream Lake, just 1.1 miles up the hill from Bear Lake parking lot (that's Hallett Peak above it). We had relatives in town so we did the tour guide thing....less than ideal weather for them but made the scene more interesting for me.

[Bailey Guns]

Great photo. Reminds me of something Ansel Adams would do.

[hatidua]

Back to the animal theme -

36" mirror on fly, last Tuesday:

[Hummer]

Rode the bicycle up the canyon a little while ago and saw this fellow feeding in the willows. Do you think he knows I have a moose license?

[Irving]

Nice moose.

Who is this? Never seen him around before.

[Mtneer]

Northern Fucker. Oversize Woody the Woodpecker. Asshole bird who likes to wake people up at ungodly hours of the morning by drumming on a chimney for a couple months in the spring. Can also inflict many thousands of dollars in repair bills to siding.

[Irving]

So like a raccoon and a rooster mixed together, but with protected status?

[Irving]

My wife asked Google what a "Northern Fucker" was and it showed her a picture of Great_Kazoo.

I told this bird was just hoping around the yard and didn't even try to sell me anything.