Photo of a male red fox standing on some logs in front of a green bush covered in snow. His head is lowered, eyes raised as he surveys the scene. The photographer is seated on her front porch and the fox is 20 feet away.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

It seems Thurston has returned for Spring & our coffee chats are back on.

I’ve missed him!

Having a trusting relationship with a wild animal is one of the wonderful joys of leading a slow, simple life.

Highly recommend!

#redfox #nature #wildlife #animals #coloradolife

A red fox stands on his hind legs with his paws up on a snow-covered log, with snowflakes falling.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Thurston stopped by in the snow to get some bird food.

He wasn’t around for most of winter & it makes me so happy to see him!

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Saw my dear friend Helen the Wild Turkey and had to say hello. She’s still so sassy.

(Last year she hung around Nighthawk Hill for days and even roosted with us overnight.)

#turkeys #birds #wildlife

Photo of a male Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep with his harem, an enormous red rock jutting up in the background and reaching toward a crystal clear blue sky.

Screenshot of Apple Fitness readout of the hike. 1 hour ten minutes, 2.99 miles, 397 feet of elevation gain.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

We celebrated our 15th #anniversary by hiking 3 miles in the Garden of the Gods & the spending the afternoon sitting on a restaurant deck with tapas and sangria.

I’m pretty sure this handsome fella & his harem were extending their congratulations. 😍 🍾

#coloradolife

Mute Swan

Northern Lapwing

Finally some good quality optics! It's so fun being able to focus on literally everything! #seetheunseen #mywildlife #birds

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Spring birds continue to arrive early on Nighthawk Hill, including this happy little dinosaur, the House Finch.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Calendar be damned!

Spring is here, according to this American Robin at 7100 feet in the foothills of Colorado. 😍

#bird #birds #americanrobin #spring

Amy has green boots and green trousers and is stood on a pavement. In the gutter and edge of the road next to the pavement is faded paint. It represents a "cycle lane" but obviously provides no protection from the dangers (motor vehicles) because paint isn't magic

Patch of Wild Primroses. They are have pale cream petals and a yellow centre.

When there's no early bus, no high quality cycle infrastructure, fragmented shared paths that stop too soon, and no car club, walking (to station for event) was the best option. On the plus side urban dawn chorus was lovely & lots to see including Wild Primrose in Fareham! #MyWildLife #ActiveTravel

Today in #MyWildlife:

This lovely House Finch arrived 3 months earlier than I’ve ever seen one here.

Sadly, Colorado is experiencing a dangerously warm, windy & dry winter.

So the arrival of this beautiful songbird is enjoyed in the looming shadow of wildfire danger. #birds #climatechange

February #birding the seasonally inundated oak, poplar and willow forests of the #ObedskaBara NR in the Sava River floodplain, 1 hr west of #Belgrade: Hen Harrier, Middle Spotted, Gray-headed, and Black Woodpecker, Treecreeper and Short-toed Treecreeper...

🌳 #goBirding #seetheunseen #mywildlife

Lovely mini dawn chorus soundscape from the train station early morning ☺️ Thrushes & Robin in full song. #MyWildLife #HantsBirds

(Advantage of bone conducting headphones is that I can enjoy it with my music 😅)

Photo of a light brown and cream-colored western cottontail rabbit sitting on some loose gravel in front of a fallen log in the morning sun. He is very alert, his ears up straight, each turned to a different side.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Despite the low temps, I bundled up to sit on the porch this morning and have coffee with sweet Hazel-Rah, who times his peanut-eating so that he & Thurston (red fox) never meet.

#rabbit #bunny #westerncottontail

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Sometimes Nighthawk Hill simply feels magical. Like anything can happen and maybe already has.

#sunset #magical #colorado

Photo of hot pink/purple Moth orchid bloom, 2 petals on her right are beginning to brown at the edges.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Yes, I love & anthropomorphize #plants too!

Ophelia Jr is ready for her final curtain of 2025, after blooming for 6 months plus.

She is a feisty lil Moth #orchid who loves wet feet & blooming where she’s planted. 😍

I think there’s a lesson in there.

Today in #MyWildlife:

Sisters. (Volume up!)

☃️ ❤️ 🥹 ❄️

#dogs #ilovemydogs #blacklab #australianshepherd #coloradolife

Selfie of a woman standing in front of a full-length mirror framed in white, hanging on a blue wall. She is wearing red & black checkered flannel pajama pants tucked into knee high black snow boots, a navy down jacket over a bulky sweatshirt, and a Denver Nuggets ski cap.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

When you go outside to feed your critters in the snow looking like an authentic old woman.

A beautiful male red fox stands in snow. Behind him are bushes with a few brown leaves and to his right is a log. He is turned sorta 3/4 toward the camera, his muzzle is pointed up a bit and his mouth is wide open as if he’s shouting something.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Thurston greets Monday morning with his usual flair.

#redfox #fox #nature #monday

Today, in #MyWildlife:

A very late & light 1st snowfall for Nighthawk Hill & my Steller’s Jays are excitedly alerting their friends breakfast is being served.

If you need me, I’ll be in my jammies sipping a latte in the front of the fire & feeling cozy. 😍

#colorado #birds

Today, in #MyWildlife:

The Nighthawk Hill Murder were so excited by their #Thanksgiving treat, one of them made a sound I hadn’t heard yet.

I think it’s happiness! 🥰

They teach me new things about themselves all the time.

#Nature never disappoints. 🐦‍⬛

#crows #crow #bird #birds #corvids

A female turkey walks across some dirt in front of some vibrantly green bushes, her waddle pink & translucent in the morning sun.

A female turkey stands on a log in the morning sun.

A female turkey seen roosting high in a pine tree in the early morning sunlight.

A female turkey is standing on the branch of a pine tree in the evening twilight that shows her more as a silhouette against a fading sky.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Happy Thanksgiving, Helen!

In your honor this #Thanksgiving, I’ll be roasting a duck.

(If a duck takes up residence on Nighthawk Hill in the coming year, we’ll need to regroup for Thanksgiving 2026!)

#turkey #bird #birds #wildturkeys #happythanksgiving

Photo of Santa Claus in his full red velvet suit with white fur trim, hat, boots and full beard riding a motorcycle, seen in profile. There are 3 gift-wrapped presents stacked on the back and some toys sitting on the presents.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

I had to go into “town” and am happy to report:

#Santa is coming! 🎅

He downsized from a sleigh this year because half the country has been naughty AF and 99% of us can’t afford much. 🎁

Hey, gallows humor got me thru heart transplant, it can get me thru the holidays!

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Currently resisting the urge to walk out onto my deck, throw my arms up dramatically in the air, and cackle “FLY, MY PRETTIES!”

But seriously, I started trying to draw these shy country #crows since 2020 and they finally trust me! 😍

#crow #bird #birds #nature

Photo of a 50-something woman with reddish brown hair and green eyes, sitting in the passenger seat of an SUV, grinning from ear to ear. She’s wearing a Denver Nuggets ski cap, a navy down jacket, and a turquoise zip-neck top.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

I don’t know who needs to hear this but I’ve been trying to learn the Hockey Stop for two full ski seasons. I never thought I’d get it. I’m 59.

THIS is the face of a woman who Hockey-Stopped the Sh*t Outta That Mountain today!

Keep trying. You can do it! 💪🏻

#ski #skiing

Photo of a male red fox standing behind a small log & water dish. The morning sun is illuminating his gorgeous floofy coppery-red coat, his chest a gorgeous cream color, his tail darkened with black hairs and has a bright white tip. There is a leafless bush behind him and a forest in the distance.

A male red fox is sitting on a dirt road, his floofy tail curled Eli d his haunches. He is about 30 feet away and looking right at the camera at the woman he “has coffee” with every morning.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

Thurston was waiting patiently for me this morning.

He’s so beautiful in his winter coat, it just absolutely takes my breath away that I get to chat with him every morning.

He’s not much of a talker, but we manage to understand one another.

#fox #redfox #nature

A very close-up shot of a crow who is standing straight on and looking directly into the camera. He’s standing on a wooden platform and we can see a mountain and some trees/a forest behind him.

Today, in #MyWildLife:

DJ was ready for his close-up this morning!

I’ve had a breakthrough with the #crows— they now arrive early for breakfast & happy hour & we’ve grown from just DJ & Katie to a group at least 6 members strong.

They’re letting me get closer & closer. 🥰

#crow #bird #birds

Selfie of a 50-something woman in the driver seat of her SUV. She is smiling, maybe even beaming. She’s wearing a blue ski shirt and a Denver Nuggets ski cap. Over her shoulder we can see skis in the back of her vehicle and other cars in the distance (she is in a parking lot). She has reddish brown curly hair and light green eyes.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

I can do hard things!

And so can you.

I was unable to functionally participate in sports until I received a new heart at 52.

Since then I’ve taken up ballet, hiking, running, & #skiing.

I’m not great at any of them, but I’ve learned to enjoy doing sports badly. 1/

Today, in #MyWildlife:

A brief timelapse of last night’s aurora borealis from our deck. 🤩

I wasn’t sure if I would ever see it & our North view is obstructed by the forest… but WOW.

#astronomy #astrophysics #aurora #auroraborealis #colorado

Photo taken with an iPhone of the night sky in Colorado. The lower half of the photo is the dark silhouettes of pine trees against the upper part of the photo: a hot pink wonder of twinkling stars. You are seeing the aurora borealis.

Today, in #MyWildlife:

I saw the aurora borealis for the first time!

If you’re in Colorado, run outside and look north— use your phone camera, it’s easier to see.

See the pink??

I’m gobsmacked. 🤩

#auroraborealis #colorado

Today, in #MyWildlife:

OMG you guys!

DJ performs a courtship dance for Katie outside breeding season.

It’s pair-bonding.

DJ asks “Baby, are we good?”

And Katie says “You know it!”

This is the 1st time I’ve observed this behavior. 🥰

#crow #crows #bird #birds #birding #colorado #nature

Two-inch jagged shard of shiny green glass, like from a thick green bottle

Today, in #MyWildlife:

I think one of the #corvids left me a gift! 😍

I’ve carved a path thru the grass by feeding them each day— and this was lying in the middle of it this morning.

I’m not gonna lie: It feels very special to be chosen! 🥰 🐦‍⬛

#bird #birds #crows #ravens #magpies #birding #nature