Category Archives: Wildlife

Mueller State Park

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Roger

I’ve driven past Mueller State Park at least a dozen times, but I’ve never stopped. Today, when I went up to Victor and found the rosy-finches before 11:00, I had plenty of time to check it out. I stopped in … Continue reading →

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Bird #485 — Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Roger

leucosticte (from leuko, white, and stictos, varicolored) tephrocotis (from tephros, gray, and otos, ear) Saturday, January 6, 2018 — 10:05 am Victor, Colorado — Diamond Avenue When I first spotted the flock of rosy-finches in the aspen next to a … Continue reading →

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Bird #484 — Black Rosy-Finch

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Roger

leucosticte (from leuko, white, and stictos, varicolored) atrata (black) Saturday, January 6, 2018 — 10:00 am Victor, Colorado — Diamond Avenue Black Rosy-Finches breed above timberline in mountains northwest of Colorado, but in the winter, they migrate southeast and hang … Continue reading →

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Getting the Birding Year Off to a Good Start.

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Roger

Anyway … eBird has gotten me interested anew in year lists because I don’t have to do any of the tracking. I just have to go out and see birds and record them. In 2017, I ended up with 210 … Continue reading →

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Bird #483 — Pinyon Jay

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Roger

gymnorhinus (from gymno, naked, bare, and rhinos, nose) cyanocephalus (from cyaneus, dark blue, and cephala, head) Sunday, October 29, 2017 Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado We were driving into the park with the Sangre de Cristo mountains on our … Continue reading →

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