Golden Eagle close-up

I was delighted on Thanksgiving day to spot 4 Golden Eagles, 3 in Fremont County, Colorado (The first 2 I saw were flying a distance away an...

Two dark morph Harlan's Hawks

Yesterday I found two dark morph Harlan's Hawks on private property in Canon City. Both were more than 300 feet away so have cropped th...

Two late Greater Spreadwinged Damselflies, one munching on another insect

Greater Spreadwinged Damselfly (Archilestes grandis). After I found the Western Pygmy-Blue butterfly on November 21 I went looking near a po...

Western Pygmy-Blue: a tiny butterfly

Yesterday I found this Western Pygmy-Blue, a very small butterfly that is listed as having a wing span of only 1/2 to 3/4 inches--and it was...

Kind-of-late Buckeye butterfly also in Canon City

Two days ago I found this Buckeye butterfly in a location that was sheltered; however, there were not any flowers there but there were a num...

Hooded Mergansers with males displaying for a female

This is one of the male Hooded Mergansers I watched yesterday at Sell's Lake in Canon City as they displayed for females in hopes of bei...

Late small sulfur butterfly in my yard November 14-confirmed as Dainty sulfur species

I was quite surprised day before yesterday to spot a small yellow butterfly in my yard--though we have had pretty warm temperatures in Canon...

Local Lewis's Woodpeckers

Just a couple of the nice close-ups I have gotten recently of some of the Lewis's Woodpeckers in my area. You can click on these photos...

Unusually large group of Red-breasted Mergansers at Brush Hollow Reservoir

Yesterday I found 16 Red-breasted Mergansers at Brush Hollow Reservoir which is about 15 miles from where I live. Compared to many reservoi...

Harlan's Hawk, first in Canon City this season

. Yesterday I spotted what looked like a Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk perched in a tree in the Canon City area. It was one of the most skitt...

A couple of Marbled Godwits

This is one two Marbled Godwits in the Big Marsh at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge today. This short video shows one the godwits as it b...