Elk fight at sunset with a full moon near Pine Junction (credit: Jerry Durnin)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
According to the photographer, the adult Bald Eagle caught a fish, then the juvenile tried to steal it. The fish fell, but was caught in mid-air. Taken at Cherry Creek State Park (credit: Stephen Johnson)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
Bighorn Sheep with Magpies in the early evening near Silver Plume (credit: Cinthea Fiss)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
Bison at a windy Genesee Park (credit: Peter Pereira)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
Cow elk graze along Lake Estes (credit: Nina Bowling)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
Coyote looking for lunch at the Big Dry Creek open space (credit: Michael Smith)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
Deer grazing with Denver as a backdrop (credit: Shannon Lukens)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
Eastern Screech Owl camouflaged in Larimer County (credit: Peter Pereira)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
As the photographer puts it, "I think I smell prairie dog, no, it's cameraman! Must be the cologne." Seen in Westminster (credit: Michael Smith)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
A Mountain Bluebird in Morrison, a sure sign of spring says the photographer (credit: Peter Pereira)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
Sandhill Cranes at the Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge (credit: Nick Nichols)
Colorado's Best On World Wildlife Day 2016
A young bald eagle with its catch at Cherry Creek State Park (credit: Stephen Johnson)