More Wildlife From the Rocky Mountains

I cannot describe how it feels for me to hike early in the morning and see the beautiful scenery Mother Nature created and the privilege of watching her inhabitants up close and personal. The mighty elks were rutting..what a magnificent sight and sound. Just like last year in Yellow Stone park.

Ground squirrel..much smaller than the marmot.

Finally the amazing blue Steller’s jay..not really rare but so hard to get in front of the camera!

Mule Deer, I love those enormous big ears. This is a baby.

Naughty chipmunks everywhere…this cheeky fellow ran over my shoulder , jumped right in my backpack and ran of with my plantain chips!! And ate them and stashed them right under my nose!!! I had a good laugh ;o) See how fat he is…also ready for winter!

Not sure what hawk this is…

The beautiful grey jay, they are so tame!

Uhm…sheep???

We also saw a bear..a black teenager bear, right next to the hiking path. It was beautiful and enjoying lots of berries. We startled each other…and it ran of quickly: that was beautiful too!

Love and Liefs, Johanna

Spring Valley Wildlife Area Revistited

Mr. Walker and I took advantage of glorious Spring weather and went back to our favorite birding spot Spring Valley Wildlife Area. It was midwinter when we last went there.

We were not disappointed. Look at this Osprey…as if he surfing the air on a fish.

The beautiful but ever so shy Sora. You have to look closely, so well camouflaged!

Ahw, sweet little frog, basking in the sunshine

This is a mystery…what animal did this?

Mr. Walker’s favorite bird, the swallow.

And look at these geese landing…after this we scurried along, they were pretty clear and loud in what they thought about us…

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Love and Liefs, Johanna

Spring Valley Wildlife Area

Yesterday Mr. Walker and I went for a hike at our favorite birdwatching spot, the Spring Valley Wildlife Area. Well..the lake was frozen over so not a bird in sight!

However, the weather was gorgeous and it all looked beautiful.

And we were keen to use our new lens (11mm to 16 mm) lens for outdoor photography.

I think, we made some nice shots here. Although, with Mother Nature so pretty, you cannot go wrong now, can you?

Hier een paar aardig goed gelukte foto’s van onze hike gisteren in Spring Valley Wildlife Area. Normaal gesproken een prima plek voor vogel observatie. T meer was echter helemaal bevroren en de vogels vertrokken naar warmere oorden.

Maar met zulk mooi weer en Moeder Aarde zo prachtig in wintertooi..dan kan je toch niet verkeerd gaan wel? We hebben deze foto’s gemaakt met onze nieuwe 11mm tot 16mm lens.

Love and Liefs, Johanna