The Marsh and the Birds

Lower ground. I spotted the mink in the morning and went back to the same place that evening on the chance it would show again. It did, for a few seconds, and then it was gone.

Birds 9 photographs
A male house finch with a red head and breast perched on a bare twig A black-billed magpie beside a stand of yellow flowers, Rocky Mountain National Park A woodpecker with a yellow crown patch clinging to a conifer trunk, Rocky Mountain National Park A close portrait of a female duck, the fine barred patterning across her flank filling the frame, Rocky Mountain National Park An American robin perched among bare branches with its orange breast to the light, Rocky Mountain National Park A great blue heron standing in calm water with its reflection below An American robin taking a dark red chokecherry from a loaded branch Four kingbirds crowded along a thin bare branch against a clear sky A great blue heron in breeding plumes standing on rocks above blue water
The Mink 8 photographs
A mink standing alert on gravel beside a tuft of grass A wet mink coming down a boardwalk toward the camera A close portrait of a wet mink on a boardwalk looking straight into the lens A mink standing square on grey boardwalk planks, fur spiked with water A mink disappearing beneath a boardwalk rail, only its back and tail showing A mink peering out from behind a post through soft grass Two mink on a sandy track, one running toward the camera and one turning away A mink running across short grass with a bird banking low overhead