Category Archives: Wildlife

I spent Saturday morning walking and driving around Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. And now that I take a closer look, I think the deer I took the close-up of is a White-tailed Deer that faked me out because … Continue reading →

A Western Screech-Owl, a would-be lifer, was discovered hanging out in a cottonwood tree in southern El Paso County, at a regional park called Clear Springs Ranch. It was first seen on the last Sunday in January, but by the … Continue reading →

I went birding on Saturday. I had it in the back of my mind that, if I saw 14 new birds for the year, I’d reach 100 on my 2018 list by the end of January. It didn’t happen.I saw … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, when I was up by Denver looking at the Yellow-billed Loon, I wasn’t in Pueblo looking at a Snowy Owl that had been hanging out near the marina in Lake Pueblo State Park. On Sunday after church, I … Continue reading →

gavia (loon) adamsii (named for Edward Adams, English surgeon-naturalist who served on voyage to Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin during which this species was discovered) Tuesday, January 9, 2018 — 9:20 am Arapahoe County, Colorado — South Platte … Continue reading →