September is already here, and the high-country leaves are flashing their first hints of autumn. On yesterday’s photo adventure into Eleven Mile Canyon, the temperature plummeted to a crisp 42 degrees mid-canyon. I’ll admit, I didn't hesitate to fire up the heat in the old Jeep. I always enjoy watching these two horses at the … Continue reading September Newsletter
Well, not quite the back yard, but Manitou Lake is our close photo destination when all else goes wrong. But don't let it's closeness fool, you... the lake is a bird photographers paradise!
My alarm sounded long before sunrise and I struggled to open my eyes. A few seconds later, and I had vanquished the unwelcome noise and sat up in a daze. What was the reason for the rude awakening? I gathered my wits and remember that it was Friday, our day to get an early start for a photo adventure in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
I’m always looking for the grand vista and the majestic beast to photograph, but sometimes that just doesn’t work out. When that happens though, one just needs to adjust the view a little bit to see all kinds of beauty to photograph. I was out hiking a couple days ago, early in the morning hoping for deer or elk in the meadow in the high meadow.
We had a twofold reason for choosing the canyon as our weekly photo adventure. The first being that it is a great place to get close to some of the more majestic birds of Colorado, and second, we could check on the eaglets.
It was an exciting day at the eagles nest! Both adults were on the nest when I arrived at the canyon, so I stopped to snap as many pictures as I could before one of them flew off for their next meal.
It was actually foggy and spitting a bit of snow in Eleven Mile Canyon, but the wildlife were showing clear signs of the changing seasons.
It's difficult to keep up with all the new developments in my world in 2026! In addition to all the excitement in the mountains from returning bird species and new four legged babies being born in the wild, I have managed to complete my historical fiction and romantic adventure trilogy with the publishing of my latest, The War On Wildlife. I have also recently launched a new online sports and leisure magazine, which I will be talking about in this post!
I'm happy to report that our mother eagle has laid eggs and is on the nest. Papa eagle is working diligently to keep the family fed while one of them is in the nest at all times. I had hoped to get a closeup of him fishing upstream, but it seems there has been a change in the families habits, and they are now fishing somewhere downstream
I'm happy to report that we had a pretty good day of photography at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Reserve
Colorado Nature Photographer / Author | Steven W. Krull 