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Colorado Photo of the Month

Check back each month to see our favorite nature photos from Colorado!

This page was updated on December 1, 2020.

A brown, white and black owl with wings outstretched, taking off from snowy ground covered in brown grass. — December 2020 A barn owl lifting off from the reeds while hunting the frozen landscape. © Stacy Howell / TNC Photo Contest 2018

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A misty lake surrounded by snowy mountains and trees. — November 2020 Emerald Lake captured on a moody Colorado morning. © Tarissa Host/TNC Photo Contest 2019

A green field surrounded by trees, with a male and female elk grazing in the mid-distance. — October 2020 A pair of elk in Telluride Valley, southwesetern Colorado. © Kim Baker

Bright red wildflowers on a Colorado hillside, with snowy mountains and blue sky in the distance. — September 2020 The view from Shrine Ridge, Colorado, looking west toward Holy Cross Wilderness in the distance. © Jeanne Frasse

October 2020 A pair of elk in Telluride Valley, southwesetern Colorado. © Kim Baker

September 2020 The view from Shrine Ridge, Colorado, looking west toward Holy Cross Wilderness in the distance. © Jeanne Frasse

Orange, purple and gold sunset over mountains. — August 2020 A Colorado sunset at JE Canyon Ranch. © JJ Autry/TNC

A grassy hillside covered in yellow flowers. — July 2020 Summer wildflowers in the Colorado mountains. © Audrey Wolk/TNC

August 2020 A Colorado sunset at JE Canyon Ranch. © JJ Autry/TNC

July 2020 Summer wildflowers in the Colorado mountains. © Audrey Wolk/TNC

A tiny grasshopper with a stripy white, black and red pattern, sitting on a person's finger. — June 2020 A barber pole grasshopper perches on a TNC staff member’s finger at JE Canyon preserve in Southeast Colorado. © Gustavo Lozada/TNC

Closeup of white flower buds on a reddish brown branch against a bright blue sky. — May 2020 Flowers budding on a spring day in Boulder, Colorado. © Haley Pope/TNC

June 2020 A barber pole grasshopper perches on a TNC staff member’s finger at JE Canyon preserve in Southeast Colorado. © Gustavo Lozada/TNC

May 2020 Flowers budding on a spring day in Boulder, Colorado. © Haley Pope/TNC

A mountain valley with green grass and purple wildflowers with dramatic clouds in the sky. — April 2020 Colorado's peak wild flower season near Crested Butte, Colorado. © Ethan Herrold/TNC Photo Contest 2019

A bighorn sheep with large curved horns facing the camera with snow falling around it. — March 2020 During the autumn rut, a bighorn sheep ram charges up through the rabbitbrush covered in snow from an early snowstorm. Location: Canyon in Colorado. © Shane Morrison/TNC Photo Contest 2019

April 2020 Colorado's peak wild flower season near Crested Butte, Colorado. © Ethan Herrold/TNC Photo Contest 2019

March 2020 During the autumn rut, a bighorn sheep ram charges up through the rabbitbrush covered in snow from an early snowstorm. Location: Canyon in Colorado. © Shane Morrison/TNC Photo Contest 2019

February 2020 A snowshoe hare is camouflaged in a wooded, snowy setting in Colorado. © Christopher Brown

A dear standing in tall vegetation that has a white coating of snow. — January 2020 A mule deer surveys the landscape, body dusted with snow. Countless adaptations, shaped through evolution, allow this animal to withstand the brutal cold of a Colorado winter. © Carmen Cromer/TNC Photo Contest 2019

February 2020 A snowshoe hare is camouflaged in a wooded, snowy setting in Colorado. © Christopher Brown

January 2020 A mule deer surveys the landscape, body dusted with snow. Countless adaptations, shaped through evolution, allow this animal to withstand the brutal cold of a Colorado winter. © Carmen Cromer/TNC Photo Contest 2019

Bullocks Oriole — December 2019 A bullocks oriole perches on a tree branch in the middle of winter at Carpenter Ranch in Northwest, CO. © Nancy Merrill

James Ranch — November 2019 Cottonwoods display their rich golden autumn color on the James Ranch near Durango, Colorado in the Animas River Valley. © Erika Nortemann/TNC

December 2019 A bullocks oriole perches on a tree branch in the middle of winter at Carpenter Ranch in Northwest, CO. © Nancy Merrill

November 2019 Cottonwoods display their rich golden autumn color on the James Ranch near Durango, Colorado in the Animas River Valley. © Erika Nortemann/TNC

Autumn Aspens — October 2019 This grove of trees in Owl Creek just outside the town of Aspen, Colorado were putting on an amazing show in October. © Robert Ross/TNC Photo Contest 2019

Aspen Trees — September 2019 Aspen tree trunks outside Telluride, CO © Lauryn Wachs/TNC

October 2019 This grove of trees in Owl Creek just outside the town of Aspen, Colorado were putting on an amazing show in October. © Robert Ross/TNC Photo Contest 2019

September 2019 Aspen tree trunks outside Telluride, CO © Lauryn Wachs/TNC

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