Fun Friday: You Take the High Road, I’ll Take the Low Road
Today’s “Fun Friday” post comes from the parking lot of Summit Lake, about 5 miles from the summit of Mount Evans, in Colorado. While driving to the summit, I always stop by Summit Lake to check out the wildlife. Most of the time, I will see either Bighorn Sheep ewes and newborn lambs, or Mountain […]
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Yellow-bellied Marmots
While on Mount Evans (Colorado) this past July, I had several nice outings with the Yellow-bellied Marmots (Marmota flaviventris). Here are a few of my favorite images: The bottom 3 closeup images were made as Momma Marmot ran to play under my car … while I was busy photographing the 6 baby marmots nearby (I’ll […]
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Mountain Goats in Wildflowers
A couple of times while driving the Mount Evans Highway, I found groups of Mountain Goats grazing along the slopes, in beautiful wildflowers. This group was captured at Summit Lake, about 5 miles from the summit: I love catching about any wildlife in wildflowers. The contrast of the wildflowers and the wildlife always makes the […]
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Fun Friday: “Up-Close People Watching!”
After my Colorado mountain wildflower photo shoot, I spent a few days camped at the foot of Mount Evans, one of my favorite locations to photograph in Colorado! One of my favorite subjects to photograph here is the Mountain Goat. And summertime is double the fun because all the young kids that were born in […]
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Goats at the Summit
Today’s post features some of the fun wildlife of Mount Evans, the Mountain Goats (Oreamnos americanus). Often when visiting the summit of Mount Evans, there will be a group of mountain goats wandering around, playing or getting their salt intake from the rocks and gravel. During this day’s drive to the summit, there was a […]
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An Awesome Mt. Evans Sunrise
While camping at the foot of Mount Evans (Colorado) in July, I captured a very colorful sunrise one morning as I made my way up to the summit: It always amazes me at the wonderful sunrises that occur along the Mount Evans Highway! Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 body Canon EF28mm-135mm, f/3.5-f/5.6 IS […]
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