Category Archives: Birds

Bird #483 — Pinyon Jay

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Roger

gymnorhinus (from gymno, naked, bare, and rhinos, nose) cyanocephalus (from cyaneus, dark blue, and cephala, head) Sunday, October 29, 2017 Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado We were driving into the park with the Sangre de Cristo mountains on our … Continue reading →

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Weekend Trip

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Roger

We decided to get away for a few days and explore a part of Colorado we hadn’t yet seen. After stopping at the local Panera for bagels, we drove south on I-25 to Walsenburg. The tire light on the Honda’s … Continue reading →

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Vindicator Valley

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Roger

On Sunday, we took my sister and her friend up into the mountains to Victor. We spent a half hour wandering the Vindicator Valley Trail, enjoying the view. Wyoming Ground Squirrel in hiding Female Mountain Bluebird Even at the relatively … Continue reading →

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Garden of the Gods Again

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Roger

My sister and her friend drove out for the weekend. On Saturday morning, we went to Garden of the Gods. Over the years, I expect I’ll have every square inch of it photographed.

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Bird #482 — Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Roger

leucosticte (from leuko, white, and stictos, varicolored) australis (a hypothetical southern continent) Saturday, July 8, 2017 — 9:40 am Mount Evans — Arapaho National Forest, Colorado I climbed the trail from Summit Lake to the summit of Mount Evans with … Continue reading →

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