Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #509 — Eurasian Blue Tit

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

cyanistes (dark blue) caeruleus (cerulean) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:21 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) A couple of these colorful, lively birds were moving through the trees above the trail on Rubble Hill. They were just a … Continue reading →

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Bird #508 — Common Wood-Pigeon

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

columba (pigeon, dove) palumbus (wood pigeon) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:19 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) We’d only walked a little way up the trail to the top of Rubble Hill when I spotted two large pigeons … Continue reading →

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Bird #507 — Common Buzzard

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

buteo buteo (buzzard) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:16 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) At Rubble Hill, a path spirals up the hill through the woods to the highest spot in Stuttgart. We had just parked and crossed … Continue reading →

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Good Day

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Roger

On a beautiful spring day after a night of snow, I went forth in search of adventure. I started at Fountain Creek, then headed east into the plains before heading south to Canon City where I walked Tunnel Drive Trail … Continue reading →

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To the Dump

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Roger

The Gyrfalcon that I’d failed to see on December 15 was still being reported from the Larimer County Landfill south of Fort Collins. I drove up on a lovely Saturday morning and spent four hours looking at the dump. As … Continue reading →

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