Birds and Wildlife
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An online publication by Hannah Ritchie in 2022 reported that humans (34%) plus their livestock (62%) make up 96% of the biomass of all the world’s mammals. Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85%. And poultry raised by humans (71% of bird biomass) is way more than double the biomass of wild birds (29%). When walking in wild places, photographers thrill to encounter the wild creatures that remain.
Harris’s Hawks, Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA - November, 2011
Mule Deer, San Juan National Forest, Colorado, USA - July, 2016
Moose, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Colorado, USA - August, 2016
Mule Deer buck, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - February, 2018
Cordilleran Flycatcher, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - June, 2019
Gray Fox, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - September, 2020
Barrow’s Goldeneye in the San Juan River, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - March, 2023
Townsend’s Solitaire near Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA - March, 2023
Male Western Bluebird, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - March, 2023
Male Western Bluebird, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - March, 2023
Abert’s Squirrel, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - March, 2023
Dark-eyed Junco, Gray-headed variety, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - April, 2023
Abert’s Squirrel, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - April, 2023
Least Chipmunk, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - May, 2023
Steller’s Jay, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - May, 2023
Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - May, 2023
Male Brewer’s Blackbird, near San Juan River, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - May, 2023
House Wren at its nest cavity, San Juan National Forest, Colorado, USA - May, 2023
Virginia’s Warbler, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - May, 2023
Black-billed Magpie, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - June, 2023
Least Chipmunk, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - June, 2023
Pair of House Wrens near their nest cavity, San Juan National Forest, Colorado, USA - June, 2023
White-crowned Sparrow Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado, USA - July, 2023
Bobcat pondering the sparkling snow, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA - January, 2024