Category Archives: Wildlife

I got tired of passive social distancing, so I opted for some active social distancing. I left home at 6:30 and stopped by Memorial Park to look for the Neotropic Cormorant that’s been seen there earlier this week. I didn’t … Continue reading →

vulpes velox Friday, April 10, 2020 — 8:00 am El Paso County, Colorado — Squirrel Creek Road I got tired of being cooped up in my immediate neighborhood by the virus, so I got up early and headed out into … Continue reading →

One of two Wilson’s Snipes by the iron foot bridge along Black Squirrel Creek. A Say’s Phoebe Black Squirrel Creek on a cold, cloudy Friday afternoon. A Great Blue Heron in the marsh along Black Squirrel Creek. On Friday evening, … Continue reading →

I wanted to go birding, but the ground was covered with six inches of snow and the world was shut down from fear of Covid-19. In desperation, I spent a couple hours in the open space along Monument Branch. For … Continue reading →

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 →