Southern Rockies Nature Blog

Where Nature Meets Culture—Plus Wildfire, Dogs, Environmental News, and Writing with a Southern Rockies Perspective.

June 22, 2026

European Bison versus Wolves

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It's a long way from the Southern Rockies, but this video fits the June 20 theme of " predators and fawns/calves. "  A friend ...
June 20, 2026

Hungry Bears and Fawns

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The suspect makes his first pre-dawn appearance.   My "neighborhood" is a little too rural for apps like Nextdoor , but we do have...
May 28, 2026

Can a Bull Snake Be a Show Snake?

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A week ago, Marco the Chessie and I were walking up a pedestrian-bike trail that goes trough "open space" by the Walking Stock gol...
May 22, 2026

Low Flows Threaten Arkansas River Rafting. Guess Who Benefits

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Paddleboarders on the Arkansas (Colorado Parks & Wildlife) Today's Colorado Sun  reports that the low snowpack -- 24 percent for the...
April 30, 2026

Snakes on Your Screen!

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I read once about this Appalachian doctor who told a patient to take a certain medicine in the winter and to keep taking it "until sna...
April 22, 2026

Antero Reservoir Closing; Fish Salvage Underway

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Antero Reservoir (Colorado Parks & Wildlife A ntero Reservoir, one of the two "saucer" reservoirs in South Park, as I like to ...
April 06, 2026

That's Cotton in the Blog Stew -- Don't Eat It

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Marco checks out a muddy arroyo in Huerfano County. I let March go by without posting. That's bad. I was deep into the most annoying boo...
February 26, 2026

Who Has Been Digging Up the Wasps' Nests?

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Something there is that does not like a yellowjacket --  but loves to tear up the nests and eat fat larvae.  * * *   T his was a rough autum...
January 16, 2026

Cruising El Cuartelejo

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  I'm using the broad definition, not the Kansas-centric one . And it's the Colorado Otero County, not the New Mexican Otero. But bo...
January 02, 2026

Big Cat News from Northern and Southern Colorado

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A couple of days ago, I checked the trail camera nearest the house, located about 80 yards up  the ridge in back. With apologies for the inf...
December 24, 2025

The High Plains and the Englishmen

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A straight road in the Pawnee Nat. Gransslands. Not CO 71. S ome years back I was flying from London (Gatwick) to Denver, across the Atlanti...
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November 15, 2025

Red Sky at Night Gives Me a Fright

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The Northern Lights seen in eastern Colorado (Colorado Parks and Wildlife).  This past week has seen the Northern Lights visible as far sout...
November 14, 2025

The Last Bobcat

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The last bobcat, ready to be sent to his new temporary home.   The half-grown bobcat hissed and snarled as Tom Sanders of Wet Mountain Wildl...
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November 01, 2025

Or You Could Just Believe the Dog?

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Search dog and handler (Front Range Rescue Dogs)  A recent article in the online  Colorado Sun  by J ason Blevins describes how  Vail Mount...
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October 08, 2025

The Lonely Horse

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The lone horse grazes at the Blue Heron Ponds near Florence, Colo. S ometimes when headed north I stop at some old gravel pits (now full of ...
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