Author Archives: Roger

Davy Crockett

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Roger

As part of my ongoing, sporadic look at pop culture fads of the past, I explored the Davy Crockett craze. It wasn’t the first pop culture fad, but it was the first that was generated by TV. I began with … Continue reading →

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Bird #486 — Yellow-billed Loon

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Roger

gavia (loon) adamsii (named for Edward Adams, English surgeon-naturalist who served on voyage to Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin during which this species was discovered) Tuesday, January 9, 2018 — 9:20 am Arapahoe County, Colorado — South Platte … Continue reading →

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Mueller State Park

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Roger

I’ve driven past Mueller State Park at least a dozen times, but I’ve never stopped. Today, when I went up to Victor and found the rosy-finches before 11:00, I had plenty of time to check it out. I stopped in … Continue reading →

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Bird #485 — Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Roger

leucosticte (from leuko, white, and stictos, varicolored) tephrocotis (from tephros, gray, and otos, ear) Saturday, January 6, 2018 — 10:05 am Victor, Colorado — Diamond Avenue When I first spotted the flock of rosy-finches in the aspen next to a … Continue reading →

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Bird #484 — Black Rosy-Finch

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Roger

leucosticte (from leuko, white, and stictos, varicolored) atrata (black) Saturday, January 6, 2018 — 10:00 am Victor, Colorado — Diamond Avenue Black Rosy-Finches breed above timberline in mountains northwest of Colorado, but in the winter, they migrate southeast and hang … Continue reading →

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