June 26, 2020

I Am not a Pixie-bob! I Am a Wild Cat!

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A yummy rat makes travel time go by more quickly.  Our neighbor wildlife rehabbers like to put stuffed toys with small mammals for compan...
June 20, 2020

An Orphan Fawn with Pretty Good Prospects

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Orphan mule deer fawn arrives at the rehabilitation center. This is the time of year when fawns are dropping and wildlife agencies are ...
June 14, 2020

New Front Range Colorado Wolf Report

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The Grand County wolf-like animal. Photo: Janice Freeman via Colorado Parks and Wildife. Colorado Parks and Wildlife field officers are ...
May 22, 2020

A Blue Bird, but not a Bluebird, Out of Place

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Mountain bluebird — not what I was seeing (Cornell University). After my experience while mushroom-hunting last August, I am half expe...
May 21, 2020

Do Your Duty as a Hominin!

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Mountain lion — or cougar, if you prefer. (Colorado Parks and Wildlife) I have had some mountain lion encounters, none of them this bad,...
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Lesser Prairie Chickens Reintroduced in SE Colorado

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Some footage from Colorado Parks & Wildlife's ongoing efforts to re-establish lesser prairie chickens on the Comanche National Gra...
May 14, 2020

After the Fire, There is Art

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If I were a landscape painter (like Dad), I would try to do more with this than just a photo. Golden banner ( Thermopsis divari...
May 09, 2020

'Winter Burn' on Ponderosa Pines

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"Needle drop" is normal with ponderosa pines and other conifers. The pine's needles last two or three years before falling of...
May 04, 2020

Everything Picturesque about the Upland Southwest

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Yellow-blossom cholla cactus , dead Gambel oak, one-seed juniper, barbed wire, old sun-baked tires, pile of rusty tin cans. If it can s...
May 03, 2020

Colorado to Require Hunting or Fishing License to Access State Wildlife Areas

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The past has just turned into the future again. Back in 2006, Colorado began to require "habitat stamps" with hunting and fishing...
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May 01, 2020

CPW Volunteer Coordinator Gets Retirement Parade

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Up in my county seat, a high-school senior, a 90-something resident, and some small children have somehow earned "social-distancing...
April 27, 2020

Corvids Are Smart and Have a Better PR Agency

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Crow with tool (Cornell University). Corvids (crows, magpies, ravens, jays) are smart birds. So are parrots. But what I notice is that t...
April 13, 2020

A Czech Hunting Photographer in the 1950s

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Cameras and lenses used by Karel Hájek. The Irish setter shows up in a lot of photos, but I am not sure if it was his dog or someone els...
April 02, 2020

Springtime, Vultures, and Snow

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Spring is an iffy business on the Eastern Slope of the Rockies. Dad had one all-purpose adjective for it: "putrid." There are...
March 26, 2020

Piñones 2: The Lemonade Stand Rule

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Bagged piñon nuts for sale by a roadside vendor. The "Lemonade Stand Rule" originated when I was driving one time on US 20 acr...