After bidding adieu to the Sandhill Cranes and the San Luis Valley, I return to Colorado Springs via Salida and Cañon City along US Highway 50 . This segment of highway parallels the Arkansas River which originates in the mountains near Leadville and streams toward its destiny with the Mississippi. For the first 50 miles … Continue reading Could it be?
All I knew was that American Dippers ate aquatic insects. Neither flashy nor flamboyant, unlike the waxwings you met recently, dippers’ charisma derives less from their looks (though they are by no means unattractive), but rather from their behavior and—not to forget—from their mellifluous vocalizations. One of five global species of dippers, the range of … Continue reading No Aquatic Insect
On this late December day, I enjoy the wintry brilliance of Elevenmile Canyon for the first time. Knowing it hitherto only in its summer apparel, today I participate in a birding and photography field trip offered by the Colorado Springs Aiken Audubon Society. Only three people signed up, but we benefit from having our leader … Continue reading Dippered Out
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