Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Birding Colorado

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Roger

I’ve birded in short spurts since I’ve moved to Colorado, but this weekend was the first time I took a large chunk of a day just for birding. I started at Fountain Creek Regional Park, the closest thing in the … Continue reading →

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Animal #66 – American Badger

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Roger

taxidea taxus Saturday, May 20, 2017 – 11:20 am Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado We were driving the wildlife loop at the prairie refuge between downtown Denver and the Denver Airport. We saw two or three vehicles stopped … Continue reading →

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Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Roger

The U.S. government developed chemical weapons on this site east of Denver during WWII. Then Shell Oil bought it and used it to make agricultural chemicals until 1985. Two things became apparent at that point: 1) the site was badly … Continue reading →

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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Roger

This park preserves an area where a lot of fossils have been found, including the trunks of several redwood trees. All of this was caused by the flood, of course, although my tax-funded government takes the position that it all … Continue reading →

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Bird #478 – Green-tailed Towhee

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Roger

pipilo (to chirp) chlorurus (from chloros, green, and oura, tail) Thursday, May 11, 2017 New Santa Fe Trail – Palmer Lake, Colorado The New Santa Fe Trail between Monument and Palmer Lake is my new go-to spot when I want … Continue reading →

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