In the Bear Creek Greenbelt this morning:

Merlin with prey

In Pueblo County, Colorado:

Curve-billed Thrasher

Scaled Quail (a.k.a., “cotton-top”)

At Nathan Krestul Park in Jacksonville, Florida:

Palm Warbler

Gray Catbird

Eastern Phoebe

And at Alejandro Garces Camp Tomahawk Park . . .

Bay-breasted Warbler

At Blue Cypress Park in Jacksonville, Florida:

Gulf Fritillary

Zebra Longwing

Blue Dasher

Black and White Warbler

Along the Miller’s Gulch trail in Pike National Forest:

Mountain Bluebird

A Great Horned Owl beside Bear Creek in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, before dawn:

Great Horned Owl

Elk along Dear Creek Canyon Road in Jefferson County, Colorado:

Bull elk

Female elk and calf

The beavers in the pond by Stone House in the Bear Creek Greenbelt can be very social and playful:

Beavers

In the Bear Creek Greenbelt this morning:

Orange-crowned Warbler

Western Wood-Pewee

Fall colors in Clear Creek County, Colorado:

Aspens

Canada Jay