When your species numbers only 300+ individuals globally, you are considered critically endangered. As a baby born to such a rare set, you constitute roughly 0.33% of your kind. Such is the case for Basha and Mango, two Amur Leopard cubs born on May 17, 2023 at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. Amur … Continue reading Rare and Precious
Downtown Colorado Springs is home to Monument Valley Park, a linear park that stretches for two miles on both sides of Monument Creek. This relatively short creek measures only about 27 miles between its origin near Palmer Lake north of Colorado Springs and its confluence with Fountain Creek* directly south of Monument Valley Park. Monument … Continue reading Shadow Lake is Back!
I dedicate an occasional post to murals I have encountered during my forays in Colorado. Each is introduced by the featured photo above, which depicts a mural from a local coffee shop in Manitou Springs directly west of Colorado Springs. It offers an interpretation of the Colorado State flag, shown here: The two horizontal blue … Continue reading More Mural Magic-Part 4
I dedicate an occasional post to murals I have encountered during my forays in Colorado. Each is introduced by the featured photo above, which depicts a mural from a local coffee shop in Manitou Springs directly west of Colorado Springs. It offers an interpretation of the Colorado State flag, shown here: The two horizontal blue … Continue reading More Mural Magic-Part 3
What a difference water makes! It is too early to tell if the 20-plus year megadrought in the American Southwest will finally come to an end, but if one atmospheric river in California after the other as well as the recent 4 to 5 inches of rain in the greater Colorado Springs area are any … Continue reading Goings-on in the Garden
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