September 27, 2018

Lambsquarters Is the New Kale

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Some tiny lambsquarters seeds and a book that has nothing about lambsquarters in it. M. and I ate a lot of lambsquarter (lambsquarters?...
September 24, 2018

Sumac and Hummingbirds

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I took a break this afternoon to walk up one of the nearby roads. The sumac is turning red already. It can't wait. Somebody always wa...
September 17, 2018

Quick Review: "Alpha," Where Boy Meets Wolf (Dog).

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Kodi Smit-McPhee as Keda with a Czechoslovakian wolfdog that plays Alpha (who has a surprise for the humans) Just to save you the troub...
September 16, 2018

Bears Are Hungry in the Fall

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Grizzly bears (US Fish and Wildlife Service) • Tennessee: A black bear killed a man in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Some co...

End of the Season in a Mountain Town

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M. and I went over to Westcliffe Friday night to watch a movie in a real (and historic) theater . Westcliffe is not a ski town, not ...
September 13, 2018

What I Found in the Woods on Wednesday

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First there was the jawbone. I went to check the cameras at Ringtail Rocks (more coming from them — you saw the sexy skunks , right?) and ...
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September 12, 2018

It Takes Two (Skunks) to Tango

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The testes of the male spotted skunk " are most massive by late September ." But it looks like the fun has already started up on...
September 11, 2018

Deception Works!

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"Wildlife Survey. Please Do Not Disturb." I have a few scout cameras out in the woods most of the year, some on our property,...
September 06, 2018

Gnawing at Memory on New Mexico 21

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The Tooth of Time at Philmont Scout Ranch. New Mexico Highway 21 is the platonic ideal of a foothills road, climbing, turning, and di...
September 04, 2018

Yes, It's Real Hunting. Yes, I Might Well Do It If I Had a Speedy Terrier

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My sister just posted on Facebook that her Lhasa Apso killed a rat in the flower garden. See, all those little dogs have a genetic urge to ...
August 31, 2018

I Was Here, Where Were You?

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Encountered in the Wet Mountains I feel like I have been somewhere, that is for sure. I was on-deadline the second half of August, and...
July 23, 2018

A Little Weirdness — but Polite Weirdness

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Abandoned railroad tunnel on Gold Camp Road (Atlas Obscura). Last Tuesday, the 17th, I talked with a man whose ball cap displayed a Bigf...
July 20, 2018

I Skipped National Grasslands Week — for a Reason

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You probably missed this because you were watching migrating birds or something, but National Grasslands Week was June 18th-24th . Or m...
July 18, 2018

An Injured Bobcat and the Seduction of the "The Mission"

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Will s/he make it through the night? The call came as M. and were finishing supper and planning to watch an episode of Orange is the New...
July 16, 2018

Hummingbirds Co-Existing Peacefully

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I was going to relax with some blogging yesterday afternoon (I really was), and then the rain started falling all up and down the Wet Moun...