Saturday, February 3, 2018

Rocky Mountains

Rocky Mountains - view from Estes Park:

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Top of the Rocky Mountain National Park - at 12,000+ ft:
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Big-Horned Sheep at the top of the pass:
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This lake is at the continental divide. One side of the lake drains into the Atlantic, the other into the Pacific:
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What is it - snow in June?
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No, this is not snow. This is actually insects in the air.
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Alpine tundra at the top of the Rocky Mountain Park:
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I went there looking for one very particular bird. Can you spot it in this picture?
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Hint - it was right in the center of the picture before. It's a White-tailed Ptarmigan, a type of a grouse that lives at very high elevations.
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Yellow-bellied Marmots:
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House Wren:
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