I recorded the Dickcissel shown in the photos below. And here is a recording made by Colorado birder Nathan Pieplow in Prowers County in ...
Tricolored Heron is back east of Canon City, CO
This Tricolored Heron was seen yesterday at Holcim Wetlands after an absence of about a week. Interestingly a Tricolored Heron was seen 8 d...
Recording of Dickcissel singing in Canon City (and comparison with Prowers County recording)
I recorded the Dickcissel shown in the photos below and finally got it uploaded to Xeno-canto. Below is the player along with a sonogram of...
Bobolink: last views
I led a field trip to see among other birds the Bobolink and Dickcissel I found in Canon City this week. Wouldn't you know, they starte...
Cicadas on the fly
I first heard cicadas singing a week or so ago in the juniper/cactus grasslands near Canon City. Today as I drove through they were up and ...
Dickcissel flew up on utility wire and sang tonight
I had a meeting this morning so didn't get out to look for the Dickcissel until noontime. It sang a lot from a tree several hundred fee...
Also Dickcissel in Canon City
I also found at least one male Dickcissel in the same hay field as the Bobolink here in Canon City this week. In fact I heard the Dickcisse...
Bobolink in Canon City
I found at least one male Bobolink in Canon City this week. This is in a hay field (both grass and alfalfa mix) where Bobolinks have nested...
LEAST BITTERN at Holcim Wetlands
Though I saw the LEAST BITTERN (actually saw 2 together) today I did not get any new photos. I took this yesterday and I believe it shows f...
TRICOLORED HERON continues at Holcim Wetlands
The TRICOLORED HERON I found 2 days ago at Holcim Wetlands east of Florence,CO continues at that location. It has been staying further from...
LEAST BITTERN present again at Holcim Wetlands in south central Colorado
I photographed this LEAST BITTERN this morning at Holcim Wetlands which is about 25 miles east of where I live in So Central Colorado. I th...
TRICOLORED HERON, a rarity here in Colorado
This morning I found this adult TRICOLORED HERON at Holcim Wetlands about 25 miles east of Canon City. This species is a rarity here in Col...
1st spring male American Redstart singing away
I heard this American Redstart singing it's heart out this morning on the Canon City Riverwalk. Not visible on these pics was the peach...
Royal Gorge Wildfire: DC10 plane dropping fire retardant
I was shocked when I first saw this DC10 plane flying near the Royal Gorge Wildfire--I couldn't believe they were allowing a passenger j...
Royal Gorge Wildfire west of Canon City--fire 'blowing up'
Photos of the wildfire west of Canon City when it was 'blowing up'--very angry fire. SeEtta
Royal Gorge Wildfire just west of Canon City
A serious wildfire broke out around 1 pm this afternoon on the south side of the Royal Gorge across from the Royal Gorge Bridge. It continu...
Recently fledged Common Raven
At the end of March this year I spotted a Common Raven going into a crevice above a rock face of a local cliff area called Castle Rock (as p...
Big spring for Evening Grosbeaks in Canon City area
I usually get Evening Grosbeaks at my feeders in the spring while many lowland areas only see them in the winter. This year was a big year ...
Enlarged photo of Yellow-billed Cuckoo
I further cropped one of the photos below to super enlarge the face of this Yellow-billed Cuckoo to show it's grayish orbital ring. I ha...
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Though this is the second Yellow-billed Cuckoo I have found this year (actually in the past 3 days), I could only hear the other cuckoo givi...