Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk in Canon City

I spotted this hawk on the bluff not far from my house as I drove by then turned around to check it out. I originally thought it was a Harl...

Rufous-crowned Sparrows in Canon City, CO area

My area of south Central Colorado is interesting in terms of biogeography--we have a lot of cholla cactus grasslands in addition to juniper ...

Neat rotor/wave clouds over Wet Mountains

I photographed clouds similar to these in 2010 then again in 2012 . I shared them with the Pueblo Weather Service meteorologists who confir...

Lots of bird paintings on Legends Inn, Junction City

I have stayed in this funky older motel in Junction once before. It was very reasonably priced, clean, allowed my dog and had all these nea...

Timed out for travel and return home weather challenges

Sorry about not posting for past 2 weeks.  I moved to stay with friends near South Padre Island for a few days then packed up for return tri...

Hook-billed Kites: a dark morph from Thursday

This was another Hook-billed Kite I photographed on Thursday near the Mission Nature Park.This one is an adult dark morph, the small amount ...