Colorado Vacation Photo Gallery

A recent trip to Estes Park, Colorado with my family left me bringing home over 500 beautiful photos from the trip! Following is a photo gallery of some of the pictures that I took.

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Colorado is an amazing and beautiful state! Our campground was in Estes Park, but we also visited a few other places including:

camped in Nebraska on our way to and from Colorado
visited the Wild Animal Sanctuary
camped at Golden Gate Canyon State Park
visited Rocky Mountain National Park every day

I enjoyed seeing all the wildlife and birds that call Colorado home. Here is a list of a few of the wonderful creatures that I saw:

Birds

Gadwall*
Bald Eagle
Broad-tailed Hummingbird*
Steller’s Jay*
Clark’s Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie*
Mountain Chickadee
Pygmy Nuthatch
House Wren*
Mountain Bluebird*
Hermit Thrush
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler*
Wilson’s Warbler
Cassin’s Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Spotted Towhee*

I saw a lot more species that I have not listed. Bird species that have a * by them are ones that are pictured in the photo gallery. Can you identify them?

Mammals

Least Chipmunk*
Yellow-bellied Marmot
Wyoming Ground Squirrel*
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel*
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Pine Squirrel
Coyote*
Mink
American Elk*
Mule Deer*
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep*
Moose (with calves)*
Pika

My favorite animals to see were the elk, coyote, bighorn sheep, and moose. I loved watching the baby moose eat and play! One evening, while we were at Sprague Lake, two young elk bulls came out into the lake and started playing! We saw elk every day that we were there! Sometimes we would see them in Rocky Mountain National Park, sometimes strolling through our campground, and sometimes wandering around in downtown Estes Park! Again, the mammals that have a * beside them are featured in the photo gallery.