Wildlife News

April 27, 2008
The bighorn are back! This moring they spent a few hours in the very middle of the property. There were quite a few guests out with their cameras taking advantage of the abundant wildlife!

April 25, 2008
A small herd of bighorn have been down to the property over the past few days.

April 15, 2008
The elk are rapidly growing their antlers back! We have had some large bull elk raiding the birdfeeders over the past few days.

April 7, 2008
The recent snow sure has the birds going crazy. They have been devouring so much birdseed! We have also had a small herd of bighorn around the property as well.

April 2, 2008
Elk and bighorn have been hanging around the property, as have a few turkeys. The chipmunks are starting to emerge as well as many other smaller critters such as rabbits and foxes.

March 19, 2008
We had about 12 turkeys on the property this morning! It was fun to watch. The elk have started dropping their antlers and we have had mule deer around raiding the birdfeeders.

February 24, 2008
The elk have been here in full force. 9 large bulls have been hanging out and raiding the birdfeeders.

February 17. 2008
The bighorn! We had a small herd of ewes and lambs down...still no big guys, but it was great to see them none-the-less!

January 28, 2008
The have been quite a few elk around lately. Today, eight large bulls spent the day just above the property lounging around...it was great!

January 21, 2008
The bighorn have been seen as of late. Just ewes and lambs, no rams lately. But it's nice to see them with a bit of regularity. The elk still make their daily rounds and the mule deer have been keeping a low profile this winter. Birds, squirrels and other smaller critters are being seen as often as ever!

November 26, 2007
Elk and Mule Deer everywhere you look! I need to get out the camera and get busy! We've had so many people driving through the property just because they know the elk are hanging out! It's great!

November 19, 2007
Elk, elk, elk!! We are having an elk party here at the lodge! Five or six large bulls have been around on a daily basis. This morning they all came around over the course of a half an hour and grazed on the hillside and all took their turn seeing what the bird feeders had to offer.

October 25, 2007
We have a healthy number of visitors from the wildlife world! Every morning I'm having coffee watching mule deer graze outside the lobby. We have elk and bighorn making almost daily visits to the property and the small critters are thick. Chippies and rabbits are all over the place!

October 15, 2007
It's most definitely wildlife season again at McGregor! The past few days we have seen the bighorn sheep, who were just down again, we've seen mule deer and three large bull elk have been hanging around the area as well. Fall in the rockies!!

October 12, 2007
Yesterday evening a group of bighorn came down and spent about half an hour at the northwest corner of the property. They didn't stay long as guests surrounded them and the retreated up the mountain-side. When given their space and viewed from a slight distance, they will often come down into the middle of the property and stay for hours at a time!

October 5, 2007
The big news of the morning is that two guests reported seeing a mountain lion on the property right at sunrise (a bit before 7:00). There have also been coyotes around as well as a large bull with a broken antler, no doubt a victim of the rut!

September 21, 2007
The bear was down last night and I got a good look at him! He is huge!! The biggest bear I have seen here in Colorado, easily. Too bad I didn't have my camera handy! We have also had marmots, elk and the fox hanging out.

September 13, 2007
Elk were bugling all around the valley in the early morning hours from about 5:30 to 8:00. The rut is about to get into full swing. The bears have also been down and around. There were some muddy bear tracks all over the property this morning.

September 6, 2007
Once again, the bull elk have been seen on property. It's about time for the rut and I've even heard some bugling in the evenings. The bear has been around too...I havn't seen it but heard it by the dumpsters last night and the have been other "signs" left around the property!

September 1, 2007
The elk are back!! They have been moving back down from the high country as the weather gets cooler. There were some large bulls around for a few minutes this evening.

August 27, 2007
Last night we had the bear down. He checked out the dumpster then made the rounds with the birdfeeders. We have also seen some elk near the property.