Watching a Spider Wasp Hunting in Southwestern Colorado
Photos and text from an afternoon spent watching a Pompilid Spider Wasp catching a Spider in Southwestern Colorado.
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
Colorado
“Cotton Balls” on Fourwinged Saltbush – Galls formed by Cecidomyid Midges
Photographing Midge-induced cotton-ball galls on Fourwinged Saltbush in Southwestern Colorado.
An Encounter with a Rattlesnake and a Gopher Snake in Southwestern Colorado
A few days ago, my wife and I went for a short walk through the Sagebrush desert of Southwestern Colorado. She was riding Leo, her BLM Mustang. I was walking with our faithful hound Jack on a leash. The weeds…
Foxes Playing
Laurie and I were watching television and eating dinner last night when our dog, Jack, came into the living room. He stared at me, then stared out the window, then stared back at me. He seemed to be saying “Hey.…
Mating Short-Horned Lizards in Southwestern Colorado
Yesterday (April 25, 2024), I was slowly walking in the sage brush desert of Southwestern Colorado. This was at about 7000 feet of elevation. I was waiting for my companions to get their horses ready, and was looking to see…
Smooth Green Snake in Southwestern Colorado
Laurie and I were out walking along the Dolores River a couple of days ago. We were on our way back when Laurie noticed a snake stretched across the trail. The snake was a such a bright green color that…
Peregrines 2023
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…
Dwarf Lousewort (Pedicularis centranthera)
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 plant, usually growing beneath Juniper…
Training Jack the Hound to Hunt Mushrooms
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 film inspired…
High Desert Flowers
