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| old railcar beds holding up the hill |
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| entering AFA |
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| Blodgett Peak |
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| Vole skull |
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| Shining Monument Creek |
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| From far away, looked like a chimney |
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| Northern Harrier female |
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| Song Sparrow |
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| Townsend's Solitaire |
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| Planning to have Sherlock join our hikes in 2017! |
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Santa Fe Trail AFA 12/31/16
290
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Pueblo Christmas Bird Count CBC 12/21/16
281
First day of winter!
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| Curve-billed Thrasher |
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| Townsend's Solitaire on a tomb |
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| Mule deer |
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| Moon |
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| Pikes Peak looks weird from this angle (to me) |
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| Lots and lots of Snow Geese, far away |
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| Peek-a-boo squirrel |
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Colorado Springs Christmas Bird Count 12/17/16
0 degrees, below zero windchill and blowing snow the whole time - my winter gear did the job of keeping warm - balaclava and hunter's gloves did great. Snow boots hurt my feet though. Camera was freezing up, binoculars were icing over. Only got a few photos, and Tanja sent me a few of hers as well. 30+ species - not bad considering the weather!
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| The nicest weather was when we started. |
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Two bald eagles were sitting at Willow Springs ponds - which were not frozen.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Fountain CBC 12/14/16
273
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| Northern Shrike - 1st bird of the day |
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| Our only owl - a geocache! |
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| 1 Tundra (smaller one) and 2 Trumpeter Swans - rare!!! |