When I’m out in nature, my attention is primarily directed towards winged creatures, but I equally enjoy encountering others. I tend to avoid locales crowded with humans, preferring the company of wild beasts instead, though they frequent busy places surprisingly often. While “keep looking up” is a rallying cry typically employed by nighttime stargazers, it … Continue reading Keep Looking Up
Summer was hot in more ways than one. While most humans prefer privacy during their copulatory acts, many animals have no such compunctions. They do it in bright daylight, under the gaze of anyone not bothered by engaging in voyeurism. Even if one does not seek to be privy to these amorous alliances, one can’t … Continue reading Some Like It Hot
This is a view I have seen—and photographed—countless times, to my husband’s neverending amusement. He only grins when I show him yet another snapshot, taken from the deck of the Nature Center in Fountain Creek Regional Park, one of my local favorite haunts. I justify my repeated images with the argument that each hour, each … Continue reading Look Who’s There
On my nature walks, I try to pay attention to all flora and fauna. While my antennae are always on alert for avian activity, they also register other animals. During our sojourn in Germany, I happened upon a few scaly and furry creatures, and some sat still long enough to enable me to take their … Continue reading Germany’s Wild Beasts
Technically, we live just outside the limits of Colorado Springs, but the city has been stretching its tentacles into the surrounding countryside, so that vast portions of formerly natural foothills or prairie have been transformed into commercial or residential lots. While it is sad to see wild or semi-wild places disappear, it is even sadder … Continue reading (Sub)urban Wildlife
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