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Reptile/Amphibian #34 — Woodhouse’s Toad

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Roger

anaxyrus woodhousi Saturday, August 28, 10:50 am Chatfield State Park, Colorado I birded at a couple places in the park in the morning. There were birds around, but nothing spectacular. The day was heating up, and I was headed back … Continue reading →

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US Olympic Museum and America the Beautiful Park

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Roger

The US Olympic Museum, near downtown Colorado Springs, just opened last year. It wasn’t on my radar, but my boss chose it as a destination for a department outing. The building it’s in is rather ugly, in my opinion, like … Continue reading →

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Searching for Baird’s Sparrow

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Roger

There are only a few birds that breed in Colorado that I don’t have on my life list. One of these is the Baird’s Sparrow. Normally, this sparrow nests in northern Montana and North Dakota. But for the past seven … Continue reading →

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Sasquatch Outpost

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Roger

We drove up into the mountains west of Denver to the tiny town of Bailey. We planned to buy a hot dog at Coney Island Boardwalk, the hot dog-shaped diner I ate at last summer, but it was closed and … Continue reading →

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National Museum of World War II Aviation

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Roger

I hadn’t visited this museum, even though it’s in Colorado Springs,  because a new building was under construction. I finally made it on a breezy, rainy Saturday. I stayed about 3 hours. There are 20 or so planes in three … Continue reading →

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