I try to get in some nature when and where I can. A recent errand run down the hill found me at a favorite wetland “go-to,” the Walden and Sawhill Ponds open space trails.
As well known as the sound is, the behavior...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK - Getting involved in various events selling my nature photography provides me with many opportunities to talk about the work, animal behavior, and the stories behind the images. One image has drawn great discussion...
GILPIN COUNTY - Change is in the air! These last few weeks have had me shifting from mornings out on the warm, sunny porch to a cozier spot inside. The view with coffee has gone from the dance and play of hummingbirds to dustings of snow on Baldy...
NEDERLAND - While bird migration has been happening for countless millennia, it has only been in the last couple centuries that much of mankind understood they even occurred, much less how the act was navigationally performed. Indigenous cultures...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK - The elk and deer are doing it. The moose are doing it. I’ve seen bighorn sheep doing it. Horses do it. Heck, even your cat does it! All kinds of animals including reptiles and snakes do it, but what exactly is...
Life in Nature: Murder? Or simply Unkindness? NEDERLAND - While my walks in and around town in my nearly 30 years up here have always tended to be solitary, I have enjoyed the company of many different neighbors at various points along those...
PEAK TO PEAK - Peak summer is here, and the air is alight with wild energy! While most of the migratory animals arrive in the late spring and early summer, there are a few more just now showing up or passing through, and their arrivals...
MOUNT BLUE SKY - Adaptation is the most basic yet prolific key to survival in absolutely any environment or situation, whether human-caused or natural. The inability to adapt generally spells the end, no matter what caused it. All life as...
MT. BLUE SKY - 30 years ago when I first arrived in Colorado I was introduced to an amazing and complex mathematical and visual phenomenon known as fractals. The very dear friend who made this introduction was mainly focused on the...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK - As we get closer to summer, we are starting to see more of this year’s newest additions to the wild kingdom. Foxes and coyotes have already brought their litters into the world, and in another month or so the kits...
NEDERLAND - The annual bird migration is well into full swing these days, with upwards of millions of birds visible on nightly weather radar as they traverse the skies above. Each passing week brings more and more species to their summer...
BOULDER COUNTY - We are incredibly blessed to enjoy such an abundant variety of wildlife in our little slice of Rocky Mountain paradise. As the weather warms, that variety increases with a number of species making their way into the high country...
ST. VRAIN STATE PARK - One of my favorite signs of the transition to the warmer days of spring is the seasonal migration that brings all manner of birds to their Colorado summer home. With my love of photographing raptors in flight, one of the...
NEDERLAND - Have you ever been hiking among the peaceful quiet of a wetlands area and been startled by an abrupt splash of water nearby, followed by an eerie return to tranquility? It is generally safe to say that, outside of the...
Life in Nature: A songbird without a song NEDERLAND - This week’s article is for all the bird feeder fanatics out there. It was inspired by a recent photo post on the internet social of a gathering witnessed in the back yard. We are...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK - As the seasons turn, so do the signs from nature signaling the changes. While we are still in the throes of winter, some of the signs of the shift toward spring are just now beginning. One of the biggest...
BARR LAKE STATE PARK - A recent morning of observing a few juvenile bald eagles at play has had me enjoying a bit of research that I decided would make for a great “Life in Nature” article this week. I have been diving a little into the...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK - Winter in the mountains is no joke, at least for us humans. As I write this article, the snow is falling along with the temperatures, and we are about to take our first dip into the negatives for 2025. This...
WATERTON CANYON - The natural world is the epitome of efficiency, and the study thereof is the basis for all advances in technology throughout the entire span of human history. Every “leap forward,” from the use of prehistoric tools all...