Category Archives: Wildlife

Lifer #498 — Calliope Hummingbird

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Roger

selasphorus (from selas light, flame, and phoros, carrying) calliope (named for Calliope, fine-voiced chief of the Muses, who presided over eloquence and heroic poetry) Thursday, July 19, 2018 — 4:55 pm Colorado Springs, Colorado — Colorado Springs Utilities Xeriscape Demonstration … Continue reading →

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Bird #497 — Cordilleran Flycatcher

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Roger

empidonax (from empis gnat, mosquito, and anax lord, master) occidentalis (western) Wednesday, July 4, 2018 — 10:25 am Pike National Forest, Colorado — Palmer Lake Reservoir Trail I took an early morning hike to the upper Palmer Lake Reservoir, mostly … Continue reading →

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4th of July Butterflies

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Roger

There were butterflies everywhere on my hike to the Palmer Lake Reservoirs. I was able to photograph five kinds that I’d never seen before. #49 — Variable Checkerspot (euphydryas chalcedona) #50 — Mormon Fritillary (speyeria mormonia) #51 — Taxiles Skipper … Continue reading →

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Bird #496 — Hepatic Tanager

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Roger

piranga (Tupi name for an unknown small bird) flava (gold colored) Saturday, June 30, 2018 Huerfano County, Colorado — County Road 310 (along Santa Clara Creek near the ghost town of Pryor) Hepatic Tanager was on my list of target … Continue reading →

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Bird #495 — Hammond’s Flycatcher

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Roger

empidonax (from empis gnat, mosquito, and anax lord, master) hammondii (named for William Alexander Hammond, US army surgeon and naturalist) Sunday, June 3, 2018 — 8:32 am Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Colorado I wrote a post recently on the difficulty … Continue reading →

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