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Ludlow Massacre Memorial

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Roger

In 1913, coal miners from southern Colorado went on strike. They formed a large tent colony near the town of Ludlow where they stayed with their wives and children. In early 1914, the Colorado National Guard and units made up … Continue reading →

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Bird #475 — Lewis’s Woodpecker

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Roger

melanerpes (from melanos, black and herpes, a creeper) lewis (named after Meriwether Lewis by ornithologist Alexander Wilson) Saturday, March 18, 2017 Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area, Colorado I saw on the Internet that 19 Lewis’s Woodpeckers were seen at Lake … Continue reading →

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Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Roger

To get to this place, you have to head south into New Mexico, then return north through Sugarite Canyon State Park. We went here to see Lewis’s Woodpeckers (next post), but we enjoyed the view too. The trail led up … Continue reading →

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Sugarite Canyon State Park

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Roger

We drove the two-and-a-half hours to this park because I’d seen that Lewis’s Woodpeckers were being seen nearby. Coal was mined in the canyon from 1894 until the start of World War II. In 1912, a company town was built … Continue reading →

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New Mexico

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Roger

We dipped into northern New Mexico to hike and bird at Sugarite Canyon State Park. This was the first time we’d been in the state since. 1984.

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