Category: Vesper Sparrow

Categories: Colorado, Cutleaf Evening Primrose, Great Sand Dunes, Green-tailed Towhee, Hall's Penstemon, magnetite, Prairie Sunflower, Rocky Mountain Beeplant, Vesper Sparrow, Wavyleaf Thistle, Wyoming Paintbrush Posted on

Great Sand Dunes National Park

The fires raging in Colorado are reminding many of us of similar recent events on our home turf, and we feel great empathy for the current trauma there. Colorado was my home for many years during childhood, college years and young adulthood, and the scent … Continue readingGreat Sand Dunes National Park

Categories: Arizona Madrone, CBC, Christmas Bird Count, Great Horned Owl, Horseshoe Two Fire, Lark Bunting, madrone, Peloncillo Mountains, Portal, Portal Peak, Say's Phoebe, Scott's Oriole, Vesper Sparrow Posted on

Celebrating Our Local CBCs

This year, again, Alan and I joined the national ritual of Christmas Bird Counts, once more participating in the back-to-back counts for Portal, Arizona, and the Peloncillo Mountains, New Mexico. The weather couldn’t have been finer, with temperatures rising into the high 60s and low … Continue readingCelebrating Our Local CBCs