Over the last few months, I've really been struggling with photography and motivation. I simply didn't feel the urge to go out and try to take photos. There's a lot of potential reasons for this, but I think one of them is this (incorrect) feeling that getting good photos is something that has to happen in some remote location, far from the urban landscape of the Front Range.
This past week, I found my motivation begin to return, I suspect as a result of needing some escape from the pressures of midterm season and the deluge of projects I've found myself swimming in. However, by circumstance or otherwise, I found myself largely pursuing photography in urban spaces, looking to show how nature still exists and even thrives in these modified habitats. Over the week, I photographed a number of different things. I found myself photographing mallards at sunset in a city park, gulls feeding on pizza and other food scraps on the fields of CSU, and dark-eyed juncos in the local cemetery, among other things. It was remarkably enjoyable to spend a few hours documenting some of the wildlife that calls our urban spaces home over the last week and it was a much needed reprieve from schoolwork and studying.
As fall quickly turns into winter here, I hope to take on a far more comprehensive project looking to capture the wildlife and organisms that call urban landscapes home during the cold, winter months. So, keep an eye out for that in the future. In the meantime, enjoy this small collection of photos showcasing urban wildlife.
Greater Anglewing on the CSU campus
Greater Anglewing
Eastern Fox Squirrel on the Oval
The Wagar building at sunset
Ring-billed Gulls fighting
A Ring-billed Gull carrying a snack
Ring-billed Gull
Dark-eyed Junco
Mallard
