If you walk slowly through the forest, you may hear the high seep of a hummingbird fledgling or the barely audible toot of a pygmy owl giving the “all clear” as you leave his territory. You may hear the shimmy of leaves, or smell the sweet vanilla scent of ponderosa pine.
Images can’t capture the essence of what it’s like to be among the forest dwellers, so please go. Walk slowly and softly. Forget yourself. Learn the language of the forest and share what you find so that others might learn to walk softly too.
Red Fox
Woodsia fern unfurling
Red Admiral butterfly
Swallowtail Butterflies
Winter Wren
Winter Wren
Swallowtail butterfly on milkweed
Spotted Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Moss sporophytes
View from the front door
Skipper butterflies
Skipper butterfly
Six-lined Race Runner
Shaggy Manes
Rock Wren
Ringtail “cat”, a cousin of the racoon and seldom seen in these parts
Ringtail “cat”, a cousin of the raccoon. This was my first glimpse of one. It was twenty below outside and she was drawn to the warmth of my woodstove
Red-shafted Flicker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red Fox
Red Fox
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Long-tailed Vole
Broadtail Hummingbird chick getting ready to fledge
Pygmy Nuthatch
Polypody fern
Broadtail Hummingbird female
Broadtail Hummingbird female
Chickaree squirrel
Pearly Crescentspot Butterfly
Broadtail Hummingbird – note the beautiful lichens she used to construct her nest. The inner lining is spider silk which allows the nest to expand as the chicks grow.
Pasque flowers
Broadtail Hummingbird with chick
Broadtail Hummingbird chick
Rocky Mountain Maple samaras
Northern Three-toed Woodpecker
Fence Lizard
Lupine reflection
Long-eared Owl
Dancing lichen apothecia
Junco
Black morph of a Red Fox
Hummingbird moth and Wild Bergamot (Hyles lineata and Monarda fistulosa)
Junco wondering where yesterday’s feeder went
House Wren
The original Woodpecker Alley homestead
Hermit Thrush
Really cold Downy Woodpecker
Green-tailed Towhee
Colorado Chipmunk
Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel
Fritillary butterfly on Wild Bergamot
Red Fox
Fence lizard
Fence lizard
Spotted Towhee female
Fence lizard
Faery garden
Evening Grosbeak eating leaves!
Dew on moss sporophyte
Dew on moss sporophyte
Coyote
Spotted Coral Root Orchid
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Colorado Hairstreak, our state butterfly
Colorado Hairstreak, Colorado state butterfly
Colorado Chipmunk
Colorado Chipmunk
Hoary Comma butterfly
Chickaree squirrel
Mountain Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Broadtail Hummingbird fledgling minutes after fledging
Blood moon
Grass Fern (Asplenium septeptrionale)
Anise Swallowtail butterfly
Mountain Chickadee chick
American Robin trying to get to the season’s last chokecherries
Red Admiral butterfly
Forest reflected in a raindrop on a Rocky Mountain Maple bud
Broadtail Hummingbird chick watching an insect
Abert’s Squirrel
Broadtail hummingbird constructing nest
Broadtail Hummingbird yoga
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow Lady Slipper orchid
Super moon
Western Chorus Frog
Broadtail Hummingbird fledgling
Broadtail Hummingbird fledgling cowering in the instant before an attack from an adult male
Broadtail Hummingbird fledgling
Broadtail Hummingbird fledgling and mom
Mule Deer fawn
Townsend’s Solitaire with food for chicks
Townsend’s Solitaire chicks
Townsend’s Solitaire with food for chicks
Townsend’s Solitaire distraction display
Itty Bitty Toad
Smooth Green Snake
Ruby Meadowhawk?
House Wren Fledgling
Cooper’s Hawk chick
Cooper’s Hawk Chick
Black Forest regenerating
Honeybee on milkweed
Smooth Green Snake
Coopers Hawk fledgling
Pine White butterfly
Fence lizard
Eastern Black Swallowtail
Eastern Black Swallowtail
Sulphur butterfly
Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel
Garter Snake
Bear Tracks
Tiger Salamander
White Crowned Sparrow
Spider Webs in Central Washington
Redmond Preserve in Central Washington
Abert’s Squirrel
Rock Squirrel
Ringtail “cat”
Red Breasted Woodpecker (central Washington)
Clark’s Nutcracker
Grey-headed Junco frozen in place because a raptor has landed nearby
Abert’s Squirrel
Pine Squirrel (Chickaree)
Rock Squirrel – usually a species of the lower valleys but this one is in a fir/ponderosa forest
Long-tailed vole
Harlan’s Red-tail Hawk
Cassin’s Finch
Downy Woodpecker, eastern race
American Kestrel with prey
Pine Squirrel (Chickaree) announcing his existence
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Mountain Chickadee
Grey-headed Junco
Brown Creeper
Slate-colored Junco (Female)
Slate-colored Junco pair
Black morph of a Red Fox
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Marmots
Flammulated Owlet
Rare Purple Coralroot (Corallorhiza Maculata)
Spider on Coralroot
Blue Butterfly
Butterflies after a long hike
Red-naped Sapsucker
Pinedriops
Broadtail Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Broadtail Hummingbird
Broadtail Hummingbird
Flammulated Owl
Broadtail Hummingbird
Bee on Catnip
Bee on Catnip
Butterfly and bee on Catnip
Cabbage Butterfly on Catnip
Wild Turkey Chick
Hermit THrush Fledgling
Hairy Woodpecker Chick
Double Spotted Coralroot Blossom
Wister’s Coralroot
Mule Deer Fawns
Wild Turkey and Chick
Staunton State Park
Staunton State Park
Staunton State Park
Staunton State Park
Staunton State Park
Skippers on Catnip
Skipper and Bee arguing
Raccoon
Painted Lady on Rudbeckia
Least Chipmunk
Hoary Comma Butterfly on Tasselflower
Hoary Comma Butterfly on Tasselflower
Great Horned Owl
Cooper’s Hawk
Broadtail Hummingbird
Broadtail Hummingbird
Broadtail Hummingbird
Broadtail Hummingbird sipping from Scrophularia
Broadtail Hummingbird
Black Bear Cub
Black Bear Cub
Bee on Rudbeckia
Broadtail Hummingbird
Pine Siskin
Ringtail
Elk Creek
Black morph Red Fox
After the rain – willow
After the rain – lichen
After the rain – Rocky Mtn. Maple
After the rain – Juniper
After the rain – Gambel’s Oak
After the rain – Ponderosa Pine
Lont-eared owl male
Female bluebird
Pasque Flowers
Mountain Mahogany
Black Bear track
After the fire – the spoils
After the fire – music1
After the fire – music2
Long-eared owlet
Red-breasted nuthatch chicks
Long-eared Owl female
Broadtail Hummingbird
Black Bear
Painted Lady butterfly
Painted Lady butterflies
Stellar’s Jay
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bobcat
Bobcat
Bobcat
Bobcat
Bobcat
Broadtail Hummingbird mom and chick
Blood Moon
Cold Junco
Icicles
After the rain – Ribes leptantha
Long-eared Owl and Owlet
Red Admiral Butterfly
Long-eared Owlet
Sunrise over Ralston Buttes
Sunrise over Ralston Buttes
Broadtail Hummingbird on Pinedrops
Bee on Pinedrops
Fall Forest
Anemone virginiana var. cylindroidea
Junco
Stellar’s Jay
Juncos
Wow, Wonderful Photos!. Very inspiring web site.
I’m happy that you enjoyed these images, James! I hope that folks will check out the beautiful images on your website as well – journeywest.com.
Love your photos: the sunsets (sunrises?) are especially beautiful: How do we buy them; are you on ETSY or eBay or ? FYI: Some of your images remind me of another artist: Cory Goodrich (though she is mostly into impressionistic stuff these days since her latest show (she’s an actress and singer) went shut prematurely … (sorry, her ETSY website – like mine – is empty after ETSY raised it’s rates) …