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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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A yellow-bellied marmot gathering grass on the snow-covered alpine tundra of Colorado
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James Dewalt

Waking Up

As warmer temperatures make their way into the high country life begins to stir, and one of my favorite mountain critters begins to emerge more

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A pie-billed grebe floating on a mountain lake in Colorado
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James Dewalt

Muddy Modesty

There is nothing quite like taking in a relaxing evening along the shores of our very own little treasure that is Mud Lake.  Long time

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Baby bighorn sheep navvigating the rocky talus and boulders on Mt Blue Sky Colorado
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James Dewalt

First Steps

Taking a trip outside of the Peak-to-Peak region this week with a look at some of the newest members of the band, the bighorn sheep

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