Category Archives: Wildlife

Animal #76 — Collared Peccary

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Roger

pecari tajacu Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico Thursday, May 5, 2022 — 6:45 am I had just reached the refuge for some early morning birding and was checking in at the self-pay station when I spotted four … Continue reading →

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Birding Southeastern El Paso County

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Roger

A Varied Thrush has been sighted in the Russian olive thicket at Chico Basin Ranch. I’ll cut the suspense right off — I spent an hour and a half looking for it and never got a glimpse although another birder … Continue reading →

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Animal #75 — Spotted Ground Squirrel

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Roger

spermophilus spilosoma El Paso County, Colorado — Chico Basin Ranch Tuesday, April 19, 2022 — 12:57 pm As I was leaving Chico Basin Ranch on the dirt road, I spotted this small squirrel standing on the side of the road. … Continue reading →

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Bird #569 — Slaty-backed Gull

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Roger

larus (ravenous seabird) schistisagus (slate cloak) Larimer County, Colorado — Kyger Open Space Thursday, March 24, 2022 — 11:58 am On Sunday, when I was on the way home from Kansas, a Slaty-backed Gull was found at a state park … Continue reading →

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Bird #568 — Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Roger

Tympanuchus (from tympanon, kettle drum, and echein, to have) pallidicinctus (from pallidus, pale, and cinctus, belted, encircled — probably in reference to the barred feathers) Logan County, Kansas — Smoky Valley Ranch Sunday, March 20, 2022 — 6:20 am Lesser … Continue reading →

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