Wildlife & Related

[Shooter45]

Cow moose less than 15 miles west of Colorado Springs

[vossman]

My fishing buddy stuck this yesterday at Spinney. I got a few in the mid 20's but this was 41 inches. Absolute brute.

[William]

My fishing buddy stuck this yesterday at Spinney. I got a few in the mid 20's but this was 41 inches. Absolute brute.

Damn ... Trolling or casting?

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[SAnd]

Here is a couple of a deer that has been passing through my yard lately. One from my next door neighbor to the south and by the neighbor across the street. He usually cruises through my back yard because there isn't a fence that he would have to hop over.

This is the north west corner of Evans and Santé Fe.

[Bailey Guns]

Out for a walk along the creek this morning and saw this. One of the bigger nests I've found.

[ChickNorris]

Out for a walk along the creek this morning and saw this. One of the bigger nests I've found.

Well I've never seen one that big. Thanks for the pic!

Yep, that's what I said. Hehehe

[Bailey Guns]

Mrs BG took this while out for a walk today along the river near the house:

[Hummer]

It's great to have moose around. In winter they wander farther from lakes and river areas. Do they come up around your house too?

[Bailey Guns]

He was right where the creek that runs thru our property empties into the Clearwater River...about a half mile from the house. I haven't seen one near the house but it's possible I suppose if they're that close. I'd like to.

Probably should put a game cam down there on the creek.

[Hummer]

Yesterday and today we have a new yard bird, a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. It's a species we've never seen on our property before, probably because we're in dense spruce-fir forest. They surely fly over from time to time, but just don't stop here. Rosy-Finches are birds of open areas. They nest on rocky cliffs along the top of the Continental Divide and feed on insects and seeds on the tundra and on snow fields. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches summer range is from Idaho to the Brooks Range in Alaska, and they winter in Colorado.

On October 14, we had another new yard bird, a Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. Very similar to the Gray-crowned, Brown-capped are almost exclusive to Colorado. They'll often all be seen together in winter flocks along with Black Rosy-Finches. I think one reason we're seeing more of these tundra birds (like the Horned Lark two winters ago), is that we've opened the forest around our house by cutting big trees for fire mitigation.



Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch:




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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch:




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