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Bird #560 — Greater Sage-Grouse

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Roger

centrocercus (from kentron, spur, and kerko, point) urophasianus (from oura, tail, and phasianos, pheasant) Carbon County, Wyoming — County Road 406 Friday, April 9, 2021 — 6:00 am I drove up to Saratoga, Wyoming for the express purpose of seeing … Continue reading →

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Mammal #72 — White-tailed Prairie Dog

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Roger

cynomys leucurus Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, CO Thursday, April 8, 2021 — 12:58 pm I drove to Wyoming to see Greater Sage-Grouse and deliberately chose a route that would take me through this refuge. I expected more of a marshy … Continue reading →

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Birding My Way to Wyoming

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Roger

After seeing the Mexican Duck, I drove west on I-70 to Silverthorne, then headed north on backroads. I went through Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge and drove the birding tour. There were a lot of ducks around, but not much else. … Continue reading →

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Bird #559 — Mexican Duck

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Roger

anas (duck) diazi (August­an Diaz (1829-1893) Mexican military engineer, geographer, explorer) Englewood, Colorado — Arapahoe Lake Thursday, April 8, 2021 — 8:30 am First the bad news. Back on February 10 of this year, I drove two hours north to … Continue reading →

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Ohio Wildlife

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Roger

I took these photos on our quick trip to Ohio. I didn’t have my camera, so these are stills from videos taken with my phone. They aren’t great photos, but they’re the best I have of Woodchucks and displaying Wild … Continue reading →

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