Photographing the American Dipper
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Photographing the American Dipper

The target for our vlog video this afternoon was Gateway Natural Area. We had wanted to return for a couple of reasons. The first and biggest was to see if the Pygmy Owls had returned to nest in the picnic area. The second was to photograph Kingfishers, of which we had seen plenty in past visits. These goals were not to be met. Well, mostly not met. A park ranger would distract us by dangling the offer to see an American Dipper’s nest. The offer was way too tempting.

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Chasing the Light
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Chasing the Light

We started our Moose Mission when we received reports of multiple gatherings of moose in Rocky Mountain National Park. The two sites that we were most interested in were Sheep Lakes and Sprague Lake. So, come Saturday morning we hauled our cameras and equipment to Sheep Lake to see what we could see. No moose. After a couple of hours of waiting for some sort of activity, we headed over to Sprague Lake.

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Eagle on the Moon
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Eagle on the Moon

We have been negligent in keeping this blog up to date. We are taking another stab at it. There is a lot to talk about regarding our past and future adventures. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you up to date. This week we want to talk about our new online shop on our website. It is linked here - Our Shop. We have a variety of Cattail Chronicle merchandise for sale and, most excitingly, our first print is no on sale.

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