Feb 202010
I had a spare hour today, so Dustin and I drove up into Rocky Mountain National Park to fool around a bit. I was hoping to get a picture for the picture of the day, and was specifically hoping to see some elk.
Boy, were we lucky. Everywhere we went, there were elk. The first herd we came across was right after the entrance gate to the park, and I grabbed a couple shots there. Farther into the park, near the alluvial fan, we spotted the bull elk (elk mostly stay in single-sex groups except during their mating season, called a rut). We were lucky that the bull elk still had full racks of antlers – they’ll probably shed them for the season in the next week or two.
The first is the official photo of the day. The rest are bonus.
