Category Archives: Colorado

Canon City Birding

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

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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Fifty-Two 80’s

On Saturday, I drove to Littleton to see the Eastern Screech-Owl. When my first foray into Ketring Park came up empty, I decided to do some sightseeing and then return for another try. I drove about five miles north toward … Continue reading

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The Big Blue Bear

A 40-foot tall statue of a bear stands outside the wall of windows at the Colorado Convention Center. The name of the sculpture is “I See What You Mean,” but I have never heard it called that. I’d never seen … Continue reading

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Dawson Butte Ranch Open Space

Saturday morning in Colorado Springs was gray, overcast, and damp. I headed for a trail I hadn’t hiked before. It was about 30 miles north of my house, not far from Castle Rock. As soon as I drove over the … Continue reading

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