Category Archives: Wildlife

We spent about four hours in the Badlands, driving the tour road and getting out whenever things looked particularly interesting, which was often. We began on the western end of the park where the road runs along the edge of … Continue reading →

I took a stroll downtown the other night and walked though the small park along Route 14. On a cement wall maybe 20 yards from busy rush-hour traffic a Green Heron was doing what Green Herons do — standing quietly … Continue reading →

ovis canadensis Friday, May 11, 2012 — 2:30 pm Route 50 — Bighorn Sheep Canyon — Fremont County, Colorado OK, I didn’t really nearly hit the sheep, but they were standing in the grass about 20 feet off the pavement … Continue reading →

spermophilus lateralis Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — 3:45 pm Battle Mountain — Goldfield, Colorado I wasn’t quick enough to get a photo of this squirrel, but I knew I could expect to see one, so I knew what it was … Continue reading →

selasphorus (from selas, light, and phoros, bearing) platycerus (from platys, broad, and kerkos, tail) Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — 3:25 pm Goldfield, Colorado — Battle Hill I’m almost positive I saw one of these earlier in the day in Temple … Continue reading →