Category Archives: Wildlife

As we were getting out of our car at Holzwarth Historic Site, a kind man with a British accent pulled up in his SUV and informed us that family of moose were grazing in the meadow along the Colorado River. … Continue reading →

On the grand tour, we drove from Victor to Cripple Creek (where we paused only long enough to see the wandering burros) to Florissant. We ate lunch at Costello Street, then headed to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument for a … Continue reading →

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 →