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“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”
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Animals
Ptarmigan
Near Isolation Lake in Wild Basin, RMNP (Late Oct, 2017)
Pika
On the approach to Mt. Chapin, Late summer 2017
Golden Eagle
Moose
RMNP, near Lake Verna, June 11 2017
Indian Peaks Wilderness, south shore of Long Lake. Aug 05 2017
Moose with calf. Glacier National Park, mid July, 2017
Bighorn Sheep
Bighorn Sheep (RMNP, Aug 2018)
Marmot (aka "Ice Age Guinea Pigs")
Glacier National Park, Near Sue Lake Overlook. July 19, 2017
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Indian Peaks Wilderness, Near "Little Blue Lake", July 09, 2017
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Elk
Bizarre Elk skeleton in the Gore Range. Oct 2018
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It appeared to be completely natural. I found the legs nearby.
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Cache La Poudre Wilderness, May 2019. The antlers were nearly 4 feet tall.
Mountain Goat
Black Bear
Old Flowers Road, May 25 2019
Bobcat
An earlier version of this page listed this as a Mountain Lion. I've seen a number of them since (always at night) and I'm quite sure it's Bobcat and not a Mountain Lion. There's no obvious long, powerful tail and he/she appears to be fairly small. There are no spots and the ears appear rounded, but the real tell is the eyes. Bobcats tend to have a white perimeter (as in the picture below) and mountain lions have a very dark perimeter.
Hall Ranch (Lyons Colorado-Jan 27 2018)
Old Flowers Road, May 25 2019
Insects
'Cow Killer' Ant (Mutilidae)
Mating Moths
Wildflowers
I'm still working on identifying these. If you know what they are, please let me know.
Columbine (the Colorado state flower)
Common Trees in Colorado: csfs.colostate.edu/colorado-trees/colorados-major-tree-species/