Small wildfire I spotted in the Beulah, CO area over the week-end

While driving up to Pueblo Mtn Park over the week-end I spotted this small wildfire in the forest in the Beulah area. I quickly went to a r...

8 Mile Fire: airdrops of flame retardant that is can be toxic to water, wildlife and the environment

The eastern edge of the 8 Mile Fire is on steep mountain areas a few miles from several homes that were built in the forest-urban interface-...

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...

Uncommon hawk in Fremont County, CO: a Swainson's

I found this adult Swainson's Hawk south of Florence, CO and still within Fremont County tonight. They are uncommon in my county though...

Wildfire-Duckett Fire: slurry bomber drops fire retardant

I wasn't sure as I filmed this if one of the 2 planes I saw was a slurry bomber. It was and it drops the reddish colored fire retardant...

Wildfire-Duckett Fire: video clip showing the breadth of this extensive wildfire

In this clip the extensiveness of this wildfire is shown and I comment on it about how much more fire was there that I hadn't seen until...

Wildfire-Duckett Fire: different views

I took the top pic from a short ways west of Texas Creek (this turns out to be just the north section of the fire)and the Duckett Fire sure ...

Wildfire--Duckett Fire: short video clip from about 7-8 miles away

Another short clip of the Duckett fire that I took yesterday from a little closer, maybe 7-8 miles away (tho I say 10 or more miles away on ...

Wildfire--Duckett Fire: another video clip, a little closer

Another short video clip of the Duckett Fire, this time a little closer-8-10 miles away. SeEtta

Wildfire-Duckett Fire video clip

I took this clip from the Texas Creek area which is about 12 miles away from the north part of the Duckett Fire and the rising column of smo...

Wildfire-Duckett Fire slurry drop by bomber

The top pic shows the slurry drop of fire retardant which is colored bright reddish. The bottom pic shows the bomber (on the left) flying o...