Views and Wildlife

View from Rim Drive a few minutes from our house.  That's the high school, fairgrounds and Recreation Center next to the Animas River

 Below you see the bear prints I spotted on the driveway a week ago.  This morning this fellow showed up in the back at 7:50.  Earlier at 7:15, Coffee barked from the window and I saw a mother and two cubs.    I pressed a "boat horn" they had here and away they went!  The recent fires, plus the drought have the bear looking for food.  They like to eat acorns and fruit.  We have oak trees on the property!

 This buck was spotted out the front window.  There is a salt lick there and a small water "hole".

I almost forgot, I spotted a coyote this week on the driveway while walking.  It was almost the size of Coffee!  The deer and coyote are more brown in color than the ones in CA - and they are not as thin!

Hope your summer is going well.  We are still unpacking but take time to explore the area or run errands each day.  Miss you all!  Sydney