Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #549 — Northern Pygmy-Owl

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Roger

glaucidium (little owl) gnoma (dwarf, pygmy) Friday, September 20, 2019 — 11:43 am Palmer Lake, Colorado — Pike-San Isabel National Forest — Ice Cave Creek Trail A friend and I hiked up to the upper Palmer Lake Reservoir, then made … Continue reading →

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Is It Still Birding When You Don’t See Many Birds?

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Roger

A friend is in town for a week. We headed to Denver to bird on Tuesday. Our first stop was Sand Creek, where I saw the Groove-billed Ani 10 days ago. It’s been seen in the general vicinity every day … Continue reading →

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Bird #548 — Groove-billed Ani

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Roger

crotophaga (from kroto, tick, and phagos, eating) sulcirostris (from sulcus, furrow, and rostris, billed) Sunday, September 8, 2019 — 2:17 pm Denver, Colorado — Sand Creek Trail We went shopping on the way home from church. I was waiting patiently … Continue reading →

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Bird #547 — Black Woodpecker

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Roger

dryocopus (from drus, tree, and kopos, beating) martius (name for a woodpecker with a tufted crest) Thursday, April 25, 2019 — 9:46 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse This bird was also on my … Continue reading →

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Bird #546 — Eurasian Treecreeper

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Roger

certhia (small tree-dwelling, insect-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle) familiaris (familiar) Thursday, April 25, 2019 — 8:10 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse One of the weirdest things about birding in Germany is how similar … Continue reading →

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