Category Archives: Wildlife

taxidea taxus Saturday, May 20, 2017 – 11:20 am Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado We were driving the wildlife loop at the prairie refuge between downtown Denver and the Denver Airport. We saw two or three vehicles stopped … Continue reading →

The U.S. government developed chemical weapons on this site east of Denver during WWII. Then Shell Oil bought it and used it to make agricultural chemicals until 1985. Two things became apparent at that point: 1) the site was badly … Continue reading →

pipilo (to chirp) chlorurus (from chloros, green, and oura, tail) Thursday, May 11, 2017 New Santa Fe Trail – Palmer Lake, Colorado The New Santa Fe Trail between Monument and Palmer Lake is my new go-to spot when I want … Continue reading →

For several days in early May, a Sharp-shinned Hawk was hanging around the office. At times we saw it perched on cars or in the ponderosa pines. Occasionally it would flash past a window. But mostly it worked its way … Continue reading →

charadrius (a plover and the watery places inhabited by them) montanus (of mountains) Sunday, April 9, 2017 Squirrel Creek Road —  El Paso County, Colorado Not a lot of people have seen a Mountain Plover because they live where very … Continue reading →