By all accounts…..

Yeah, by all accounts 2017 was a wretched year. 2018 seems no better. I have been at turns sad, angry, disappointed, bitter, troubled, enraged and a slew of other descriptors I won’t trouble you with. Trump and his band of destroyers will do that to a person.

Common Merganser [Mergus merganser] — On a high mountain lake in Colorado we happened on this group of juvenile Common Mergansers, common in name only.

Redhead Duck [Aythya americana] — Same lake, Redhead duck female and her clutch of little ones.

Rocky Mt. Bighorn Sheep [Ovis canadensis] — Sometimes, just being out there, the unexpected happens. Near that same lake a band of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep was feeding on a hill-side. Ewe and lamb of the year.

I find solace in the natural world, always have but I find an even greater need for the wonder and joy in the views and lives of a world untroubled by the madness we are otherwise surrounded by. Sadly, we have to ask, how long will we have even this? With the ongoing attacks on public land here in the US to the assaults on the Endangered Species Act and all wildlife which can have world-wide affects, we all need to find that space in peace or beauty that can heal.

Sandhill Crane [Grus canadensis] — Dance like no one is watching.

Nuttall's Cottontail Rabbit [Sylvilagus nuttallii] — Bunnies talkin’ it over.

Mountain Goat [Oreamnos americanus] — Mountain Goat kid munching on Cinquefoil. Mt. Evans is the go to for Mtn. Goats in Colorado, this isn’t Mt. Evans. A little research might get you away from the crowd. No, I’m not giving the location, but it is in Colorado.

Ducks flying into sunrise — Sunrise geese

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) — Contentious American Avocets

Beauty is still out there, we just have to find it. And protect it.

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