Wildlife

Robins in the backyard

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A lot of Robins in our backyard in Commerce City lately. Janis put some oranges out to try to get the birds closer.

Oasis Grand Riviera Mayan, Cancun, Mexico April 2, 2016

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Spent a few days at the Grand Riviera Mayan resort in Cancun, Mexico. A beautiful resort,

Sheep and Marmots - RMNP

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Went to RMNP today, and got some great photos of the sheep. They were shedding their coats, so they looked really ‘sheared’.

We went up trail ridge, and saw the most awesome family of marmots. They are usually so skittish you can never get their picture since they run and hide. Luckily I had a 400 mm lens on my camera, so was able to get close up without being close up.

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A great day - January 20, 2009

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A new president elected, nice weather for the inauguration, and it was beautiful here, a balmy 65 degrees out here, so we went up to the Rocky Mtns to see what we could see - 

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A bighorn sheep grazing in the grass -

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a Magpie singing for us

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about 15 or 20 bull elk hanging out -and a few wanting to fight

On the drive I told my 86 year old mom that it was reported that out of 8 years in office George Bush spent 3 full years either at Camp David or on his ranch in Crawford Texas on 'vacation'.  She replied "Good, imagine what more he could have done if he was working all that time"  Gotta love her! Here's a picture taken last year in Redondo Beach.

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Thanksgiving turkey!

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Well I took them today, so actually the Saturday after Thanksgiving, They were hanging out in a field when we were out and about today over off of Highway 7 in Brighton. Still pretty cool!  They were out in the open until the hawk (?) showed up and then they went into the brush to hide from it.

Big Thompson River panorama

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Janis’ friend Di came out for a visit, so of course we had to go to Estes Park.

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Janis and Di

Panorama settings are 2.5 seconds @ F32, ISO 100.. I shot 4 pictures and stiched em together to get this nice panorama of the Big Thompson River.

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 Bighorn sheep a plenty!

Rocky Mtn National Park

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Went up to the RMNP today with Janis' parents - got snowed on a bit, saw a lot of elk and sheep.. had a good day!  Here's a couple of pictures

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Aleuvial Fan water falls

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Sheep Lake area - snowing up in the mtns

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Nice blue bird taken with my 500mm lens (HANDHELD) forgot my tripod!  In fact did the waterfall blurring handheld too with a 500mm lens and at 1/30th sec.. 

Bobby and Phil out here for awhile

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Bobby and Phil are out here for awhile while Susan gets her house situated in Aguanga. Until the house closes and Phil and Bobby move in, they will be living with us. We did some trips out to Estes Park and to Lake Dillon with my mom. Some of the photos while they were here.

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Phil and Bobby were eating at the breakfast nook and saw a fox come in. Bobby said oh look, a fox, and all of a sudden it grabbed up a rabbit and ran between the houses to where it lives across the street. It came back a bit later to again chase the rabbits. I got a photo of them and luckily was able to scare away the fox from getting another entree for her family.

Bighorn!

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Saw some nice bighorn sheep up past Golden, CO on the way to Blackhawk today.   Nice big rams!