Category Archives: Wildlife

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 →

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 →

aphelocoma (from apheles, smooth, and kome, hair) woodhouseii (named for Samuel Washington Woodhouse, American naturalist and explorer ) Sunday, April 28, 2002 Route 115 west of Fort Carson — Colorado Springs, Colorado One of the interesting things about the hobby … Continue reading →

I’m not tone deaf — I can recognize individual songs — but I am tone challenged. I once bought a harmonica and learned two tunes: “Amazing Grace,” and “Red River Valley.” For years afterwards, those were the only two songs … Continue reading →

On a warm, sunny, still afternoon we could see a couple small fish in the creek by our campsite. I grabbed some Wildberry Poptarts and began feeding them. Several bluegill gathered and ate greedily, joined occasionally by a larger bass. … Continue reading →