Category Archives: Wildlife

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 →

anthocharis midea Friday, March 25, 2016 — 3:07 p.m. Devil’s Den State Park, Arkansas Two or three of them were flitting low at the edge of a clearing near Lee Creek, occasionally stopping on flowers. I only had my cell … Continue reading →

On the day after the 15-inch November snow storm, I took these photos out my study window. I threw some bird seed on the small section of roof just outside my study window. Goldfinches (below), Juncos (bottom), Chickadees and House … Continue reading →