More Critters in Colorado

My hubby and I saw some pretty amazing wildlife while we were in Colorado.

Here's a few more photos from our trip:

This little Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel appears to be hitching a ride...
possibly to the nearest squirrel feeder?
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The Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel is often confused with a chipmunk,
but the squirrel is larger than a chipmunk and has no stripes on its head
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Don't be surprised to see cows in the middle of the dirt/gravel roads-
we often saw this in Colorado!
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Antelope on the Colorado plains
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One of Ouray's "pet deer" that wanders freely through town
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Mom and babies also in Ouray
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Cute one!
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A group of Mule Deer at the forest edge outside of Ouray
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Herds of Elk were a common sight throughout Colorado
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I'd never heard of a Yak, until I saw this one
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More Yaks...a special breed on this ranch in Colorado
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"Hands off my treat!"
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Another common sight in Colorado are the Magpies...pretty birds.
I now wish I had taken more photos of them!
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This was also the first time I had seen a Mountain Bluebird- what a pretty bird!
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One of my favorite photos- this friendly dog visits the Jerky store every day-
he looks as though he is "placing his order"- "I'll take a sample of each, please".
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Thank you for visiting!  I hope you enjoyed these Colorado critters!

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Saturday's Critters

Good Fences #20- Colorado Country

For this edition of Good Fences, I have a few more photos to share from our Colorado vacation a few years ago.  Most of these images were captured along Colorado highways on our return trip home- how I hated to leave such a beautiful place!  

A fence can't get any more simple than this one...

but the scenery in the background is beautiful!

(This is actually the Tetons in Wyoming)

A herd of elk were seen moving from an overgrown meadow to a grazing area

This Red-Tailed Hawk found a sturdy post upon which to eat his snake meal

 He hurriedly devoured his last bite of snake-

then off he fled...

A common critter seen in open fields along several portions of the Colorado highways 

is the Prairie Dog- we saw literally hundreds of burrows as we traveled through Colorado.

I tried to sneak a closer view, but all I saw was "tails" as they fled to their burrows.  Cute!

A young antelope stood still long enough for me to capture a good view of him- 

another common animal seen  in the fields of Colorado.

I hope you enjoyed my images from the country side of Colorado :)

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and Eileen at Saturday's Critters

Thanks, Theresa and Eileen for hosting these wonderful memes!