Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Searching for Spring

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Roger

There isn’t much migration action happening locally, so I drove to southeast Colorado to see if I could find some elsewhere. I started on Higbee Valley Road where Vermilion and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers have been seen recently. I saw some good … Continue reading →

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Old House

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Roger

Saturday was a rather unproductive day of birding, but in my wanderings through the flats of El Paso County, I found this old house.

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Clear Spring Ranch, etc.

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Roger

The forecast for today was cool and overcast with a chance of rain. The forecast was correct, except it didn’t rain — it snowed. I thought about staying home, but there were Long-billed Curlews at Clear Spring Ranch and Mountain … Continue reading →

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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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