The 5 Best Winter Birding Hotspots near Denver
Did you hang your binoculars up for the winter? Not so fast! Check out my 5 favorite winter birding hotspots near Denver, Colorado. Being a Denver-based [...]
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03, 2025
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12, 2023
The Christmas Bird Count: Why We Count Birds in the Winter
I recently signed up to be a leader for a block on the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) organized by Denver Field Ornithologists (DFO). This was my first time leading a [...]
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09, 2023
Exploring Mesa Verde and the Colorado Plateau
This past Labor Day weekend, Angie and I finally made it to our fourth and final Colorado National Park: Mesa Verde. The action-packed weekend included three nights of camping on [...]
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05, 2023
The Case of the Vanishing Grouse
Guiding Grouse Tours in Colorado I recently had the privilege of guiding several keen birders who were visiting Colorado in pursuit of it wild grouse. The month of April [...]
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07, 2022
Backpacking Rocky Mountain National Park’s Western Loop
In the fall of 2020, close to 10% of Rocky Mountain National Park was burned by the East Troublesome Fire. The majority of the burn happened on the western side [...]
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04, 2021
Dance of the Spring Chicken
One aspect of animal behavior that fascinates me more than anything else is lek mating. Leks are gatherings of males who engage in courtship displays and territorial battles to gain [...]
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11, 2020
Sandscapes of the Sangre de Cristos
Our trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park & Sangre de Cristos Mountains The winds howled as they had for millennia. Dozens of dust devils ripped across the valley [...]
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08, 2020
The Cradle of Wilderness
"If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after [...]
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07, 2020
Backpacking Colorado’s Four Pass Loop
Is backpacking Colorado's Four Pass Loop in Maroon Bells heave? When I think of what heaven must be like, I see myself standing in the middle of an endless aspen [...]
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06, 2020
Descent into Black Canyon: Backpacking Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
There aren't many three-day weekends when Angie and I don't do our best to get out of town and go exploring. This past weekend, we teamed up with two friends [...]
