Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Black Forest on a Sunday Afternoon

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Roger

Spent two hours at Black Forest Regional Park today. They’ve cut down about 95% of the dead fire-burnt trees, making the park a lot less interesting to birds — and me. I was seeing very little until I got to … 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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Early Spring

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Roger

On Sunday morning, Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring this year. He may be on to something. It reached the mid-60°s on Saturday and almost 70° on Sunday. (On the other hand, it’s supposed to snow tomorrow and get down … Continue reading →

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