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[the-outdoorsman]

We arrived the evening of September the 4th and left the evening of September the 9th. We stayed at Fawn Valley Inn four of the nights and

one night at the Discovery Lodge. Both places were nice and clean and we had no complaints. We did three hikes while we were there. The Fern

Lake Trail, Emerald Lake Trail from Bear Lake and the Sky pond Trail from Glacier Gorge Trail Head. All great hikes. Our feet and my wife's

legs were sore after the Sky Pond hike but it was worth it. We saw a lot of wildlife throughout the week. We saw black bear two different

times this trip out. We saw some moose a couple different times over on the west side of the park. Lots of elk of course. We have lots of

pictures to share. I will post some here and if you want to see more come visit our photo website. Photo Website


Here are some mule deer we saw not too far from Moraine Park.


Big boy in Moraine Park.


Horseshoe Falls


View from Trail Ridge Road


A Pica


A Marmot who was hanging out at Rockcut Lookout.


We saw this Northern Saw-Whet Owl on the Fern Lake Trail.


Bear Lake in the evening.


Mama Moose


Baby Moose

[the-outdoorsman]

We saw this Moose very near the Rocky Mountain National Park entrance sign by Grand Lake.




I am not sure of the name of this bird

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[the-outdoorsman]

The next couple of photos are of Emerald Lake.




This Clark's Nutcracker was near the shores of Emerald Lake


We spotted this black Bear and her two Cubs going crazy over the berries on this bush. We were along Bear Lake Road.










Sunrise just down the trail from Alberta Falls. We were headed for Sky Pond today. It was a mostly cloudy day again today but only a few

sprinkles.

[the-outdoorsman]

This is a photo of Alberta Falls.


Here is a shot of The Loch


After the climb up Timberline Falls The Lake of Glass was worth it.




On the way back down the trail we decided to hike on over to Mills Lake.


Spague Lake at sunrise


A Mountain Bluebird that we saw in Moraine Park.


We saw this Moose and her three babies on our last day at the park on the west side.






We were on our way out of the park and headed for home when we saw this Black Bear on the hillside in Horseshoe Park.
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[the-outdoorsman]

Some Elk in Moraine Park


This big Elk was laying down off of Bear Lake Road near Sprague Lake.




This was shot just below Dream Lake


The next couple of shots are of Dream Lake. We had light rain and lots of clouds for this hike.





We were on our way out of the park and headed for home when we saw this Black Bear on the hillside in Horseshoe Park.

[Rhonda]

What gorgeous pictures! You were certainly fortunate in your capture of bears and moose, especially the little ones.

[dianeh85]

Bravo!

[John]

Wow! You have a gift! Thanks for sharing it with us.

[renate1]

What a great trip. Thanks for sharing your amazing photos!

[Mark Zemmin]

Those are fantastic pictures. You captured the wildlife beautifully. Thanks for sharing!

[Scrapinator]

Fantastic pictures. You had some great wildlife viewing. The unidentified bird might be a magpie, with the light hitting it's feathers just right they can look blue.

[DrCloud]

Scrapinator, on 26 September 2011 - 08:25 AM, said:

... The unidentified bird might be a magpie, with the light hitting it's feathers just right they can look blue.

I was thinking this, too. Goodness knows that there are lots of magpies in Rocky. HPH

[Twinebender]

Your ability to spot and photograph wildlife on your hikes amazes me.
How do you do that?

[Igloo Ed]

Great pictures, indeed! What a selection of animals you found.
Just off hand, I'd think the Northern Saw-Whet Owl would be the rarest spotting. Pinemarten are getting to be a regular sighting just above Bear Lake just the last 5 years or so.
Thanks for the great pictures.

[mwilson]

Wonderful photos! We saw a mamma moose with 3 babies on the west side when we were in the park. I would think that would be pretty rare, so I bet it was the same one you saw, but you got a closer look. Thanks for sharing all of your photos with us!