I went out to check on the Peregrines last week (May 8, 2023). I only saw the birds once, and they were a half-mile or so away. I didn’t see a prey exchange, did not hear them calling, but they ar...

In the Spring of last year (late May of 2022) I was hiking through an old Pinyon-Juniper forest here in Southwestern Colorado. This was at about 6500’ of elevation. I kept seeing an odd ooking pla...

We were driving along the road yesterday and happened to notice a commotion in one of the roadside Prairie Dog villages. It was a pair of Fox kits, rolling and playing in the sunshine. Red Fox ki...

When Laurie was returning from putting the horses out on their evening hay, she saw a Cooper’s Hawk perched on the paddock fence. It was staring intently at a Eurasian Collared Dove that was perche...

It’s April 9th, 2023 - Happy Eostre Day. At this time last week we were having snow, wind and rain here in Southwestern Colorado. Now the snow is gone, and it finally feels like Spring is here. A...

Nesting Barn Swallows destroy a Bald-faced Hornet nest.

I made a visit to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge a couple of months ago (mid-December, 2022). I went primarily to take photos of Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese. Funnily enough, some of ...

In mid-June of 2021, I was hiking along a river in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. Their were Aspens trees lining the trail. The sun shone through the Aspen leaves, making them glow. It was very pre...