I first saw these strange organisms on a patch of bare rock next to a trail at the Carpenter Natural Area in Cortez, CO. They were obviously Lichens, but they weren’t attached to the ground. They w...

In early September of last year (2021), Laurie noticed some strange growths on a the surface of a layer of old hay. The growths were raised white nodules of about an inch in diameter, nestled in a ...

Last week (August 31, 2022) I was up in the San Juan Mountains at about 10,500 feet, scouting for mushrooms in the Spruce-Fir forest. I was walking through a wet meadow when I saw a tiny creature h...

An account of watching Water Striders in one of my Spadefoot Toad pools

I was on a hike the other day in a Ponderosa Pine forest in Southwestern Colorado, at about 7000’. There were a number of small Gambel Oak seedlings in the trail, and some of their leaves had a lin...

In early June of this year, I was up in the San Juan Mountains, checking cattle tanks for Tiger Salamanders. There were lots of Salamanders - and also Damselflies. The Damselflies were mating and j...

A week or so ago, Laurie and I watched a movie called The Truffle Hunters. It was a movie about some Italian folks who had trained their dogs to find Truffles – a type of subterranean fungus. This...

I brought a few Tiger Salamander larvae home a couple of weeks ago (July 5, 2022). I was planning to use a photo-aquarium to get a better look at some of the Leeches on the Tiger Salamander larvae....