Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #476 — Mountain Plover

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Roger

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 →

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Reptile-Amphibian #26 — Western Smooth Earthsnake

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Roger

Virginia valeriae elegans Saturday, March 25, 2017 Devil’s Den State Park, Arkansas It was a damp, cool, drizzly morning. We hiked the Devil’s Den Trail and climbed back up to our cabin on the stone stairs and came out on … Continue reading →

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Bird #475 — Lewis’s Woodpecker

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Roger

melanerpes (from melanos, black and herpes, a creeper) lewis (named after Meriwether Lewis by ornithologist Alexander Wilson) Saturday, March 18, 2017 Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area, Colorado I saw on the Internet that 19 Lewis’s Woodpeckers were seen at Lake … Continue reading →

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Bird #474 — American Three-toed Woodpecker

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Roger

picoides (from picus, a woodpecker, and eidos, appearance) dorsalis (from dorsal; of or pertaining to the back) Sunday, March 5, 2017 Palmer Lake, Colorado — Pike-San Isabel National Forest — Ice Cave Creek Trail I hiked up the Palmer Lake … Continue reading →

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Animal #65 — Abert’s Squirrel

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Roger

aciurus aberti Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Fox Run Regional Park, El Paso County, Colorado I was taking a late-afternoon hike through the Ponderosa Pine forest in this park. A dark squirrel, either black or dark brown, ran out in front … Continue reading →

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