Wesley Berg Photography

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Welcome to my wildlife blog! The intent of my blog is to provide stories, descriptions and information along with great wildlife photos. I hope you enjoy and I welcome your comments below. If you are interested in purchasing any of the images in my blog, please contact me via the contact link from my home page.

Snowshoe Hares (26 Jan 2022)

One of the mammals that is well adapted to living high in the San Juan Mountains year-round are snowshoe hares. Unlike rabbits or desert hares, they have very large hind feet, which enable them to... ›

Snowshoe Hares (26 Jan 2022)

Linus and Lucy (2 January 2022)

In a blog post on July 6th, I wrote about an encounter with two cow moose and three calves along the Animas River (One Calf or Two?). This was the first time that I saw the twin calves that were... ›

Linus and Lucy (2 January 2022)

The Old Bull Moose (6 Oct 2021)

In September of 2019 during the rutting (i.e. mating) season I spotted a massive bull moose up along the Animas River northeast of Silverton in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. He was... ›

The Old Bull Moose (6 Oct 2021)

The Ptarmigan Family (7 August 2021)

After several weeks of heavy rain we are finally in a bit drier weather pattern. As a result, we decided to go for a hike up to the Continental Divide Trail near Highland Mary’s Lakes east of... ›

The Ptarmigan Family (7 August 2021)

Marmots at Play! (1 August 2021)

We have been getting a lot of a heavy rain in the San Juans the past few weeks. As a result, there have been a number of mudslides causing temporary road closures. After a particularly heavy... ›

Marmots at Play! (1 August 2021)

Red-Naped Sapsuckers (17 July 2021)

Last summer I discovered the nest of a pair of red-naped sapsuckers, which are colorful and industrious woodpeckers that excavate their nest cavity out of a live aspen tree. I went back to the same... ›

Red-Naped Sapsuckers (17 July 2021)

Northern Pygmy-Owl (11 July 2021)

A few days ago my wife and I went for a hike up Young’s Gulch, which flows down into the Cache la Poudre River west of Fort Collins. We were searching for a red-headed woodpecker that had recently... ›

Northern Pygmy-Owl (11 July 2021)

One Calf or Two? (6 July 2021)

As detailed in a previous blog post near the end of May, I was fortunate to stumble across a cow moose with a newborn calf that was only hours old. Within days, the calf was mobile enough, however,... ›

One Calf or Two? (6 July 2021)

Dennis the Moose Calf (28 May 2021)

I go out almost every day to photograph wildlife and I often visit areas where I have recently seen moose. As a result, I get familiar with certain ones and where they tend to hang out. The moose... ›

Dennis the Moose Calf (28 May 2021)

Snowy the Moose (26 May 2021)

Snowy is an adult female moose, named by a local in town for her white-colored facial markings, that decided to take up residence right outside of the town of Silverton for the summer. In the early... ›

Snowy the Moose (26 May 2021)

Long-Tailed Weasel Moving her Kits (24 May 2021)

When I walked out of my house the other day I saw an interesting looking bird with an orange crown, so I quickly grabbed my camera to take a photo. While I was following the bird, which turned out... ›

Long-Tailed Weasel Moving her Kits (24 May 2021)

Judy Graham

Beautiful work Wes. What bird is that with a touch of blue on its wing?