TrailDog Artisans Photography - Cary Leppert

A large eagle crying out from a branch of a large cottonwood at Barr Lake outside of Denver Colorado.

A mass of Canadian Geese take to the air as Teig and I came near them at Barr Lake. Always cool to see these birds fly by.

A young Bald Eagle taking to flight from a Cottonwood at Barr Lake outside of Denver, Colorado

A lone Drake cruising Kountze Lake in Lakewood Colorado.

A couple of ducks swimming together on Kountze lake in Lakewood Colorado.

A marmotmermot was chirpingchirpping at Teig and I as we sauntered up to Chihuahua Lake in the Front Range mountains of Colorado.

A veril bull elk in tall grass within sight distance of his harem at Rocky Mountain National Park. It was rutting season and he was keeping tabs on a large group of cows and running challengers off. his rack was gigantic.

Teig and I came across this buck coming down off the summit of Green Mountain. This Mule Deer caught my eye because he had only one antler and was resting and enjoying the last warm rays of the sun before the bitter cold of a winter's night.

A hawk up in a tree watching Teig and I walking along Kountz Lake at Belmar Park in Lakewood Colorado.

This coyote was hunting for mice on the south side of South Table Mountain in Golden, Colorado. Lots of people don't like coyotes but I find them to be very interesting wildlife.

A large bull elk relaxing on a late September morning in the high Colorado Rocky Mountains.

On our way to the summit of Mount Democrat (14,155 ft), we met this guy hanging out in the rocks checking out the hikers. It is always fun to run into these goats above treeline on the way to the summit of a fourteener. Quick Fact: they are not a native species to Colorado and are descendants of transplants from the Rockies north of Colorado for game hunters in the 1940's.

Mule deer walking through the grass after a quick spring snowing event at Rocky Mountain Arsenal outside of Denver Colorado.

Teig and I were exploring Mount Falcon outside of Morrison Colorado during a snowstorm when I captured this shot looking back to Redrocks Amphitheater. The raven in the tree was so interesting and I think makes the composition.

A lone mountain goat grazing on Mount Evans on a summer day as the it was beginning to snow. This is typical even in August above 14,000 feet amsl in the Rockies of Colorado.

Rocky Mountain Goats grazing on Mount Evans outside of Denver, Colorado. This group of goats hangs around the 14er during the summer months with its green alpine meadows to feast upon. They are a favorite with the locals.

Small birds finding a little refuge from the snow at Redrocks in Morrison Colorado.

This bull moose was roaming Maroon Lake above Aspen Colorado. This is the location where people get the iconic images of Maroon Bells and this guy was creating excitement and some havoc with the photographers. I was definitely enjoying the scene and watching him run off some of the folks.

The song of the Black-capped Chickadee is one of the most complex vocalizations of all animals, acting as a contact call, an alarm call, to identify an individual, or to indicate recognition of a particular flock

A crow was watching us from a fence at Cherry Creek Lake in Colorado. He was intently checking Teig and I out. He was alone and there was no one at the lake that day. I thought I heard him say “ Nevermore”.

Canadian Geese relaxing on Sloans Lake in Denver Colorado.

A large buck with his group in the tall winter grass at Rocky Mountain Arsenal outside of Denver Colorado.

This Great Horned Owl was watching me from a thicket across Bear Creek in Lakewood Colorado.

Elk on Green Mountain hangin together as the sun sets of the Front Range of Colorado.

Early fall morning before sunrise and this young bull was struttuing around Moraine Park in Rocky Moiuntain National Park.

A flock of Bighorn Sheep hanging on the steep mountain side in the Poudre Valley west of Fort Collins, Colorado. There were around 25 of them checking me out and feeding on the grasses as the sun was setting on the valley. It was fantastic to hang with them for about an hour.

One of the wild mustang herds in northern Colorado. I found this herd within a canyon in the Little Book Cliffs outside of Grand Junction. There were approximately 15 wild horses horses moving through the canyon as I hiked up basin. They were feeding and then took off running for no apparent reason. The experience was awesome.

While hiking to Rosalie Peak in the Mount Evans wilderness of Colorado, a group of Rocky Mountain Goats came over to check out Teig and I. They were curious and a little apprehensive of this hiker and his dog. This mom and her billy watched us from the very top of a large granite rock on a peak. They never lost sight of us. We stayed nearby and ate lunch and watch these very cool goats feed and play on the peak.

A very wooley American Bison grazing in Badlands National Park near Spring Creek. He was quite content eating with the birds and paid me no mind. Some other bulls were a little more put out by my presence.The American Bison is an icon of the Great Plains. At Badlands, bison roam the 64,000 acre wilderness area in the western side of the North Unit. Visitors to the park can view them, as I did,in the area containing Sage Creek Rim Road.

These wild mustangs were free and running in the Little Book Cliffs.The Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Area consists of 36,113 acres of public lands characterized by gentle sloping plateau dissected by four major canyon systems (Main, Coal, Cottonwood and Spring Canyons) with many side canyons. The 1971 Wild and Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act provides for the management, protection and control of all unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands administered by the BLM. Though wild horse herds live in many parts of the western United States, the Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Area is one of only three areas in the United States set aside specifically for them. Just 8 miles northeast of Grand Junction, the Wild Horse Area encompasses rugged canyons and plateaus. From 80 to 120 wild horses roam the sagebrush parks and pinyon-juniper covered hills which dominate the area.