Author Archives: Roger

Memorial Park

While I was birding in Pueblo yesterday, exciting things were happening at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs. Birders were reporting Barrow’s Goldeneye, Greater Scaup, and Redhead. I drove down midday and walked around the lake. Much of it was frozen, … Continue reading

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Fight!

A friend and I stopped at Clear Springs Ranch to look (in vain) for the screech-owl. We weren’t seeing much of anything until we got back to the parking lot. A male Northern Harrier was standing in the middle of … Continue reading

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Working for Birds

I took another day off work to bird. But where? I’d seen the majority of the common birds that can be easily found this time of year. A day at Black Forest or along the creek would have yielded a … Continue reading

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Lake Pueblo State Park

I took today and tomorrow off work to get my 2020 year list off to a fast start. I spent almost all the daylight hours at Lake Pueblo, first by the south marina where the gulls hang out and then … Continue reading

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Columbus

We spent three days in Columbus at the beginning of Thanksgiving week. The weather was pleasant — not like the heavy snowstorms back in Colorado that shut down work for two days. It’s taken us a while, but we’ve finally … Continue reading

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