Category Archives: Wildlife

On Sunday, we took my sister and her friend up into the mountains to Victor. We spent a half hour wandering the Vindicator Valley Trail, enjoying the view. Wyoming Ground Squirrel in hiding Female Mountain Bluebird Even at the relatively … Continue reading →

thomomys talpoides Thursday, July 20, 2017 — 5:00 pm Monument, Colorado During the seven and a half months that we lived in a basement, the cats discovered a variety of animals in the window wells — three cottontails, a mouse, … Continue reading →

ochotona princeps Saturday, July 8, 2017 — 11:20 am Mount Evans — Arapaho National Forest, Colorado I hiked to the top of Mount Evans with a group from work. On my way down, I passed through a large boulder field about 500 … Continue reading →

leucosticte (from leuko, white, and stictos, varicolored) australis (a hypothetical southern continent) Saturday, July 8, 2017 — 9:40 am Mount Evans — Arapaho National Forest, Colorado I climbed the trail from Summit Lake to the summit of Mount Evans with … Continue reading →

mustela frenata Tuesday, June 27, 2017 Colorado Springs, Colorado With all the time I’ve spent walking and birding and fishing and sitting outdoors, you’d think I would have seen a Long-tailed Weasel at least once. I finally saw one today, … Continue reading →