Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Out With the Old

As the seasons turn, so do the signs from nature signaling the change.  While we are still in the throes of winter, some of the

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Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Get A Grip

A recent morning of observing a few juvenile bald eagles at play has had me enjoying a bit of research that I decided would make

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Two bull elk sparring in a mountain meadow of Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

The Gloves Are Off!

The change of the seasons is upon us, and as we begin to transition into fall, the elk make a fine symbol of that change

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Large black bear in fall hyperphagia eating berries on a mountain slope in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Packing it On

With fall literally just around the corner, we take a look this week at our ursine neighbors, the black bears, as they prepare to bid

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Bull elk grazing and bedding down in a mountain meadow in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Bachelor Life

While the common stereotypical “picture” of bull elk tends to focus on the rut season and their battles and seeming adversity towards one another, much

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Broad-tailed and Rufous hummingbirds fighting around a feeder
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Facts Around the Feeder

We are deep in the midst of hummingbird season, and with the return of the rufous and the calliope to join our broad tailed and

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Elk calves frolicking and bedding down in a mountain meadow in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Gifts of the Mountain

We are incredibly blessed to enjoy the beautiful endowment that is Rocky Mountain National Park so close at hand, as I have long referred to

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A large 7x7 bull elk in a mountain meadow in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Keeping His Cool

Taking a look this week at some impressive anatomy and a stunning display from nature of majesty, prowess, form and function, the antler.  Antlers are

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Newborn mountain goat twins standing together on the alpine tundra on a misty cloudy day
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Mountain Babies

There isn’t much more adorable than wild babies, and one of my favorites to photograph comes from the high country, our “new-found” neighbors, the mountain

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A pika with a mouthful of grass and wildflowers on the alpine tundra in Colorado
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Making Hay

A couple weeks ago I wrote about our portly friends in the high country, the marmots, and after a recent first visit of the year

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