Tag: American dipper
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Along the Creek
The Front Range of Colorado — the area west of Denver — didn’t get hit with the cold and snow that the eastern part of the country did this week. But we did get ice bells. And birds.
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Dipper is Back
It’s been a bit since I’ve posted, I know. But remember those hummingbird photos I was having so much fun with? Turns out that whipping the camera around to catch the little guys gave me a bad case of tennis elbow. Who knew? This morning was the first in months where I didn’t have pain…
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American Dipper
There are several American Dippers wintering under bridges across the greenbelt west of Denver. They wade in the icy water to catch small crustaeceans. Sometimes they just put their heads in. And sometimes they go all the way under and walk along the bottom of the rushing creek.
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Wonder Returns
When I started my blog, lo these many years ago, it was, in part, to celebrate that unexpected wonder around us. But it’s been a hard few years for all of us, and I just wasn’t feeling so wonderful. Yesterday I went out birding with Anne, one of the folks I met on my recent…
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2022 Pika Patrol Part 1
Every year, my husband and I look forward to hiking up to the high country to check on the pika that live there, as part of the Colorado Pika Projects‘ monitoring efforts. We’ve been doing it for five years now, but when pressed by friends as to what it is that we enjoy so much,…
Amy Law, Science Geek 