Wildlife & Related

[William]

That's a beauty, where did you pull him out of?

Pueblo tailwater.

[Griff79]

Westminster Dog Park, north of Standley Lake, south of Rocky Flats

[Buff]

Something you don't typically see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzo2Ie7B7CI

[Bailey Guns]

Probably wouldn't have mattered but Mr Bull waited a little too long to turn into Mr Grizzly. Might've got a spike in an eye or something if he'd turned to fight a little quicker. Probably not. That's tough to watch.

[Buff]

Probably wouldn't have mattered but Mr Bull waited a little too long to turn into Mr Grizzly. Might've got a spike in an eye or something if he'd turned to fight a little quicker. Probably not. That's tough to watch.

Agree...
Quicker kill than a pack of wolves

[Irving]

Hummer, who is this guy? These and ravens seemed to be the most abundant in my hunting area (GMU 58).

[Hummer]

That's a Mountain Chickadee, a year around resident up to timberline. You might also see Black-capped Chickadees up to about 9000 ft. Mountain Chickadees are more in conifer, Black-capped more in deciduous. Sometimes they flock together in foraging groups. When you see them listen to their calls. Different but they both say, chick a dee, or chick a dee dee dee.

[Irving]

I liked them hanging around. They sounded a bit like hummers if they flew close, but didn't look like they beat their wings fast enough to sound the way they do.

[Hummer]

Paying attention to the calls of chickadees, nuthatches and juncos can sometimes point to where elk are in the forest. When elk move in response to your presence these birds will respond with excited vocalizations. Many times chickadees have told me what direction elk are moving in the dense dark forest where it's otherwise difficult to detect them.

Pine squirrels will do this too but not as reliably for elk because squirrels are noisy much of the time in interactions with other squirrels.

[Irving]

What birds were you telling me that will haze elk in groups? Groups of birds, not groups of elk.