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Plants and Wildlife

Animals

Ptarmigan
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Near Isolation Lake in Wild Basin, RMNP (Late Oct, 2017)
Pika
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On the approach to Mt. Chapin, Late summer 2017
Golden Eagle
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Moose
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RMNP, near Lake Verna, June 11 2017
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Indian Peaks Wilderness, south shore of Long Lake. Aug 05 2017
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Moose with calf. Glacier National Park, mid July, 2017

Bighorn Sheep

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Bighorn Sheep (RMNP, Aug 2018)
Marmot (aka "Ice Age Guinea Pigs")
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Glacier National Park, Near Sue Lake Overlook. July 19, 2017
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Indian Peaks Wilderness, Near "Little Blue Lake", July 09, 2017
Elk
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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

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Black Bear
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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.  
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Hall Ranch (Lyons Colorado-Jan 27 2018)
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Old Flowers Road, May 25 2019

Insects

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'Cow Killer' Ant (Mutilidae)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutillidae
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Mating Moths

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Wildflowers

I'm still working on identifying these.  If you know what they are, please let me know.
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Columbine (the Colorado state flower)
Common Trees in Colorado: csfs.colostate.edu/colorado-trees/colorados-major-tree-species/

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  • Home
  • Climate Change and Colorado Wildfires
  • Trip Reports
  • Skills/Gear
    • Intro, External Sources and Misc.
    • Food and Water
    • Shelters
    • Backpacks
    • Sleeping
    • Clothing
    • Winter Camping
    • A Shoe Odyssey
    • Foot Care
    • Maps, Navigation and Weather
    • Off-Trail Route Planning
    • The Perfect Headlight/Flashlights?
    • Misc Small Stuff
    • Photography/Camera
    • Gear Repair and MYOG
  • Places
    • Flatirons
    • Rocky Mountain National Park
    • Indian Peaks Wilderness
    • Lost Creek Wilderness
    • Gore Range
    • Glacier National Park
    • Wind River Range
    • Utah
  • Plants and Wildlife
  • To Do
  • About
  • Contact