Category Archives: Wildlife

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 →

speyeria zerene Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — 11:32 am Phantom Canyon Road — Fremont County, Colorado It was flitting about and landing on the dirt of the road just north of the second tunnel.