Black-billed Magpie at Rocky Mountain National Park

While in Colorado, I took a hike from the YMCA in Estes Park to Cub Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. The hike was one of my favorites during my stay there, with plenty of pretty mountain views, and Cub Lake was delightful. Much of the path followed a moraine, much of which was grassy and marshy. In one of the drier, grassy areas I came across a very vocal magpie, which posed nicely for me. This gave me some of my absolute favorite photos of the species.