Author Archives: Roger

In the Neighborhood 3/29-4/4

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Roger

One of two Wilson’s Snipes by the iron foot bridge along Black Squirrel Creek. A Say’s Phoebe Black Squirrel Creek on a cold, cloudy Friday afternoon. A Great Blue Heron in the marsh along Black Squirrel Creek. On Friday evening, … Continue reading →

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Heron

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Roger

I wanted to go birding, but the ground was covered with six inches of snow and the world was shut down from fear of Covid-19. In desperation, I spent a couple hours in the open space along Monument Branch. For … Continue reading →

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Canon City Birding

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Roger

While the rest of the world stocked up on toilet paper, I went birding. I started in the tiny burg of Wetmore, south of Canon City. Lewis’s Woodpeckers have been spotted there recently. All I had to go on was … Continue reading →

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Plans A and B

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Roger

Plan A on almost any given weekend is to go on some adventure with my wife. Plan B, if she wants to stay home, is to go birding. My Plan B today was to drive up to the little town … Continue reading →

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Something At Least

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Roger

The Gyrfalcon that occasionally hung out by the Larimer County landfill last winter is back this winter, as occasional as ever. I spent two long, dull, unsuccessful mornings there a year ago but hadn’t been back lately. I decided to … Continue reading →

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