Category Archives: Wildlife

larus (rapacious seabird, gull) canus (gray) Sunday, August 19, 2018 — 2:00 p.m. Cherry Creek State Park, Colorado It doesn’t get a lot easier than this. Last night I saw a Colorado birding page on Facebook that somebody found a … Continue reading →

cypseloides (from cypselus, swift, and oides, resembling) niger (black, dark colored) Thursday, July 26, 2018 – 7:50 am Colorado City, Colorado – Beckwith Reservoir Black Swifts are hard to find. They nest on the West Coast on ocean cliffs and … Continue reading →

dendragapus (from dendron, tree, and agapao, to be fond of) obscurus (dark, dusky) Friday, July 20, 2018 — 12:16 pm St. Elmo, Colorado — Chalk Creek Drive (County Road 162) As is the case with most gallinaceous birds, you don’t … Continue reading →

St. Elmo is a ghost town in the Sawatch Range about two hours west of our house. The road that leads to it passes through the Chalk Cliffs along Chalk Creek. The town was established in 1880 when silver was … Continue reading →

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 →