Category Archives: Birds

Since I’m so close to 500 lifers and I’ve already set my all-time record for most birds seen in a year and Colorado is creeping up on Illinois for first place on my list of state birds, I’ve made those … Continue reading →

empidonax (from empis gnat, mosquito, and anax lord, master) hammondii (named for William Alexander Hammond, US army surgeon and naturalist) Sunday, June 3, 2018 — 8:32 am Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Colorado I wrote a post recently on the difficulty … Continue reading →

I am creeping every closer to my long-sought goal of 500 birds on my life list. In pursuit of that goal, I have made a list of species that (1) I haven’t seen and (2) I have a good chance … Continue reading →

basileuterus (from basil-, royal, kingly, and euter, music) culicivorus (from culicis midge, and –vorus eating) Monday, May 21, 2018 — 10:15 am Cheyenne County, Colorado — County Road 9 In the middle of the prairie/farmland of eastern Colorado, 120 miles … Continue reading →

Phalaenoptilus (from phalaina, moth, and ptilon, feather) nuttallii (named for Thomas Nuttall, English botanist and zoologist) Monday, May 14, 2018 — 12:20 pm Colorado Springs, Colorado  — Monument Branch The only way to see a Poorwill, or so I thought, … Continue reading →