Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #482 — Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Roger

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 →

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Animal #67 – Long-tailed Weasel

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Roger

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 →

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Bird #481 — MacGillivray’s Warbler

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Roger

oporornis (from opora, autumnal, and ornis, bird) tolmiei (in honor of William Fraser Tolmie, friend of John Kirk Townsend) — MacGillivray’s Warbler was named by John James Audubon for his friend and editor, Dr. W. MacGillivray. Saturday, June 17, 2017 … Continue reading →

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Reptile-Amphibian #27 — Western Whiptail

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Roger

aspidoscelis tigris Saturday, June 10, 2017 Colorado National Monument, Colorado We saw several of these lizards as we visited the canyon overlooks. In several cases, they actually seemed to be studying us as we looked at them. One small one … Continue reading →

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Cedaredge

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Roger

I planned the days on this weekend adventure, and my wife planned the nights. She booked us at the Cedaredge Lodge, a mom-and-pop motel that has great ratings. The young woman who checked us in spent about 20 minutes explaining … Continue reading →

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