pic Lenny Lensworth Frieling The Kingfisher speaks to Boulder and for itself. This seriously cute bird is a birdwatcher’s favorite. It’s easy to see why! Seeing a Kingfisher perched on a branch is truly Motivational, for Monday and for any other day. The Kingfisher, a captivating symbol of vibrancy and agility, belongs to the family […]

Boulder, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. As  much as we are watching the animals in the Denver Zoo, they are watching us.Closely!  This big boy is enjoying the sun, and is of course wearing adequate sunscreen! Boulderites are quite lucky to live right up the road from one of the finest […]

ss  Here’s a Boulder Saturday morning sunrise conundrum: What do Lions and Big Horn Sheep have in common besides they are both not ducks? Lions and bighorn sheep, despite belonging to very different families within the animal kingdom, share several common characteristics, primarily because they are both mammals. Here are a few points highlighting their […]

I am still trying to decide if I saw a hybrid coyote or a LARGE coyote. Here’s what I found I know this whole concept was new to me. canine, cannid, and candea are all used for the dog-animals. I like canid. Hybridization among canids, including dogs, wolves, coyotes, and foxes, has been a topic […]

  Spindly-legged, Reddish-Brown Classic Coyote That’s not what our Boulder visitors looked like. Not at all. Our Backyard Beast!. Coyote-Wolf-Dog Hybrids Are Out There!     pic Lenny Lensworth Frieling Taller than a backyard table, and 50 pounds of what? BIG Coyote? I saw this unusual canid in the backyard, where a fox carcass was decomposing. […]

  All photos Lenny Lensworth Frieling Having coyotes in our Boulder suburban back yard is thrilling. Seeing them in daylight is a tad curious and certainly attention-getting. What has us puzzled is the SIZE of our latest visitors. This one, likely the large male, is the biggest coyote either Debi or I have seen. Even […]

  pic Lenny Lensworth Frieling Our Boulder yard has had foxes. We think there were three families displaced by recent significant commercial development at a major intersection in the East County. For a month or so we had foxes in the neighborhood. From kits playing in the road, looking like dogs playing with a tennis […]

Thought extinct for millennia, a recent sighting of the Pink Monster heading east from Disneyland is proof that it still lives. It was sighted in Boulder on its way  to perhaps Disney World?  This magnificent creature has returned.   Additionally the bird is scheduled to star in a movie called “Pink Pirates of the Everglades.” The […]

                           Pic Sherrie Frieling Warm weather Florida adventure continues! My sister Sherrie Frieling, who I’ve known to be a wonderful photographer, showed me the shots she got. I admit to jealousy, and under threat of me staying an extra week she agreed to share some of her Anhinga snakebird pics with me. For a non-Boulderite […]

  Male and Female Wood Ducks                              Pic  Sherrie Frieling Boulder‘s warm weather Wood ducks inhabit wooded swamps, marshes, streams, and lakes across North America, particularly favoring areas that provide dense canopy cover. This preference for wooded environments is unique among ducks and is reflected in their name. They are cavity nesters, relying on tree holes […]