Smile! Rocky Mountain Critters Caught on Camera

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By Stephanie Pappas
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Wild Turkeys

Wild turkeys at water tank

(Image credit: Bureau of Land Management Colorado)

Birds flocked to the BLM water tanks as well as mammals. Here, turkeys get a drink.

Mountain Lion

Mountain lion in rocky mountains

(Image credit: Bureau of Land Management Colorado)

A stealthy mountain lion slinks by a BLM watering site.

Stephanie Pappas
Stephanie Pappas
Live Science Contributor

Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.