Wildlife at Estes Park, CO - Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park

 Here we are at the Park entrance.  The town of Estes Park, Colorado sits at the entrance to the park.  Lovely, quaint town with friendly people who  love tourists.  Not many places can say that!

April is the perfect time to go.  Uncrowded and still beautiful.

Mule Deer have huge ears.  We saw several groups of them over the 3 days.

Crows and ravens were everywhere!

 This turkey came out of nowhere while we were in the parking lot waiting for the sun to set.  He gobbled the entire time he was walking across the lot, obviously upset that we were there.

It was crazy!

These fences are everywhere through the park.  they are part of a 20 year plan to allow areas to restore.  It keeps the elk from devastating all the habitat.

 Coyote!  I thought it might be a wolf, but when  I got a good look at those ears there was no doubt.

This is a magpie.

Elk were roaming throughout the park.

This is a big male elk.

These ladies were outside our lodge the morning we left for Denver.

 Prairie dogs!  

Stegasaurous.  The very first stego was found on Dinosaur Ridge just outside of Denver.













 A wascally wabbit!

These beauties nested in our bath at the Quality Inn at the Airport on our last night.

A pleasant surprise in an airport hotel!

52 Photos - Week 37 - Wildlife

LOL.  This is so funny.  We LIVE the wild life!  Dogs everywhere.  Crazy dogs.  One that eats paper, fabric, books, towels, silk scarves destined for sale at Habitat for Humanity.  I think that qualifies as wildlife!

Here is a look at the REAL wildlife outside my window.  We live in the city and really don't have much wildlife, so the birdies have to qualify!

 This beauty visits my feeder regularly.  I thought it was a woodpecker,  but my more knowledgeable SonInLaw says it is a sapsucker.

Whatever it it, it is so beautiful.  I consider myself gifted when he visits my feeders.

 This is a juvenile cardinal male.  He is not quite finished molting his baby feathers.  I watched the parents raise these young'uns over the summer.

 This is a female baby from the nest.  I guess, nest mates.

Every year we have 4 or 5 breeding pairs make their homes in our yard.

This guy may be the most interesting.  Locust.  We have them sing in the trees at dusk every day.  Their song is what you hear when you think of the South.

This is actually just the shell, they shed several times a year as they grow into bigger and bigger clothes!