Watching Red Fox Kits
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. We watched a little bit longer.…
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
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Cooper’s Hawk Hunting Eurasian Collared Doves in the Horse Sheds
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 perched near the horse sheds. After…
Spring 2023 – Mourning Cloaks and Chorus Frogs
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. I saw my…
Barn Swallows destroy a Bald-faced Hornet nest
Most Summers, we’ll get several pairs of Barn Swallows nesting in the garage. They’ll raise young in the Spring, and then perhaps try for a second clutch later in the Summer. There are usually a couple of weeks in the…
White-crowned Sparrows Bathing at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
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 my favorite trip photos fwere of…
Aspen Twoleaf Tier Caterpillars
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 pretty, and I stopped to…
Sharp-shinned Hawk – Feeding the Birds on a Winter Morning
I’ve been putting chicken scratch out on the front porch for the last week or so. That brings dozens of little birds to the porch – Juncoes, White-crowns, House Finches, Rufous Towhees, Doves, and more. We’ll even get a Magpie…
Aphid Mummy
Here’s a photo of a a couple of Aphids on a Brittlebush leaf, taken in Tucson, Arizona, in March of 2004. The Aphid in the foreground is smaller, darker, and you can see that there’s a shed skin on the…