Birds of the Western Slope May 15, 2013

Evelyn Horn

Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:04

c03 crane Photo by Peter Barth ©pbarth Sandhill CraneCrane Migration
Spring 2013

What an unusual migration, but I say that every year!

By March 10, we had two small flocks totaling 39.

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Birds of the Western Slope May 1, 2013

Evelyn Horn

Published on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 13:59

c05 curlew Photo by Dreamstime.com Long-billed CurlewLong-billed Curlew

Now is the time of surprises at Hart's Basin. Most of the sandhill cranes have gone on in their northward migration.

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Birds of the Western Slope April 24, 2013

Evelyn Horn

Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 12:11

c03 birds1 PelicansWhere are c03 birds2 Northern Shoveler
the people?

c03 birds3 Western GrebeEvery year the sandhill cranes continue their migration to the north after making a brief stop in our own backyard.

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Birds of the Western Slope April 17, 2013

Evelyn Horn

Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 13:27

b06 avocet Photo ©Guy Lichter, Alberta, Canada, July 2010 Cornell Lab. of Ornithology AvocetAvocet in the rain

I can see sandhill cranes far away, over in Vela's fields that border the reservoir near the dam. Magnification up... probably close to 100.

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Plants of the Western Slope April 10, 2013

Evelyn Horn

Published on Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:07

Green

Cool breeze and warm sun. And green all around me!

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Plants of the Western Slope April 3, 2013

Evelyn Horn

Published on Wednesday, 03 April 2013 15:32

c03 daisy Photo©Al Schneider www.swcoloradowildflowers.comEaster Daisy

The sky is a beautiful blue. Most welcome after these past days of gray sky, rain and snow!

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Birds of the Western Slope March 27, 2013

Evelyn Horn

Published on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 14:08

Crane Watching
March 2013

The wind rocks the car and I've ﬁnally given up and closed the window. Large, dried weeds are being tossed across the road.

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Plants of the Western Slope March 20, 2013

Evelyn Horn

Published on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 13:00

Southwestern
Colorado Wildﬂowers

I have a goodly number of botanical references, but the information given in www.swcoloradowildﬂowers.com has been signiﬁcant for my writing.

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Birds of the Western Slope March 13, 2013

Evelyn Horn

Published on Wednesday, 13 March 2013 11:18

c03 cranes Eckert Crane Days
March 15-17

It's that time of year again — Eckert Crane Days. From Friday, March 15, through Sunday, March 17, there will be members of the Black Canyon Audubon Society on the causeway at Fruit Growers Reservoir from 9 to 11 a.m.

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