A Natural History Of Trail Ridge Road
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purple fringe, gravelly hillsides, montane to alpine
Herons, more than almost any other bird, show me that birds are descended from dinosaurs.
Kayaks in Icy Straight.
Pelicans fly in formation.
At first, Darwin wasn’t sure he wanted to play with Tegan.
Male calliope hummingbird flicking out his tongue. Notice that he has lower eyelashes.
Disk of the sunflowers is made up of spirals of flowers that follow the Fibonacci sequence.
Tag Archives: Front Range
Spring storm brings cold, wet; hummers come to feeder
As a violent spring storm crosses the country, the temperatures along the Front Range of Colorado are hovering in the low 40 degree range, and may dip below freezing tonight, and the drizzle we’ve had all day may turn to … Continue reading
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Tagged broadtailed hummingbird, Colorado, Front Range, hummingbirds, nature, storm
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Life in the mountain shrub community
Another hike, a bunch more fun photos. One of the big reasons I like walking is because I go slow enough to see interesting things. If I’d know blotchiness on the side of the lizard would be diagnostic, I would … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado, Front Range, geranium, lizard, mountain shrubs, science, Yellow-breasted chat
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Sharp-shinned hawk misses flicker for lunch
The gregarious band of little bushtits took off in a burst of feathers and cheeping alarm calls. I looked up just in time to see a Northern flicker shoot out of the top of a tree, with a sharp-shinned hawk … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, birds of prey, bushtit, Colorado, Front Range, nature, Northern flicker, sharp-shinned hawk, winter, woodpeckers
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Air Inversion Traps Cold Air, Pollution
Normally on Green Mountain you get a wonderful view of Denver. Often the air is so clear that we can see the terminals of DIA across the Platte valley. Not yesterday. Yesterday, we saw a thick grey smudge across … Continue reading
