Happy Hallowe'en!

Great story and nice exposure- heard the in the NOCO story as well. Congrats Julian!

Fall in red rock country

Double rainbow over Mount Huron (14,003’) in the Saguache Range Colorado

Whoo hoo!!! Congrats!!!

Critical mass seems to be lacking

Heard a nice story on NPR on these amazing moths tonight

Cedar waxwing

This little bandit stole my heart with its beauty and amazing cooperation- Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) collecting nest material in the understory of a cottonwood stand, Walden Ponds, 30 May 2025

A male greater sage-grouse displaying at a lek

A male greater sage-grouse signals to the one female at the lek (dancing ground) that he's ready to rock and roll. The males gulp a large amount of air into a pouches (aka "chesticles) that they use for both display and noise making (a popping noise). It's a strange and wonderful event.

That sucks but unfortunately it’s not surprising given the rhetoric coming out of dc

Spring has sprung, both in the garden and in the foothills- crocuses (non-native), elk shedding antlers, and spring beauties (native)

Dark morph Ferruginous hawk, on a cottonwood tree in late January- Boulder Valley Ranch, CO

Sandhill cranes sprinting through the marsh to escape the bonds of gravity- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, November 2024

Frozen soap bubble at sunrise, with feathery frost forming on the surface