Category Archives: Wildlife

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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Reptile-Amphibian #29 — Checkered Whiptail

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Roger

cnemidophorus tesselatus Wednesday, May 30, 2018 — 9:25 am Canon City, Colorado — Tunnel Drive Trail I found this lizard sunning on the paved trail just uphill from the parking lot, about 50 yards from the Arkansas River. It was … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Flycatchers

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Roger

I am creeping every closer to my long-sought goal of 500 birds on my life list. In pursuit of that goal, I have made a list of species that (1) I haven’t seen and (2) I have a good chance … Continue reading →

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Reptile-Amphibian #28 — (Western) Coachwhip

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Roger

masticophis flagellum (testaceus) Monday, May 21, 2018 — 11:20 am Cheyenne County, Colorado — County Road 9 After seeing the Golden-crowned Warbler, we continued south on the dirt road. We’d gone just a couple miles when I spotted a large … Continue reading →

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