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 […]

      Swimming ‘Gator In Fresh Water The area northwest of Orlando, Florida, is rich in natural habitats that provide a perfect environment for American alligators. These impressive reptiles, which are native to the southeastern United States, thrive in the freshwater lakes, swamps, and slow-moving rivers that are characteristic of this region. The proximity […]

A part of the joy of traveling from Boulder is seeing new things. Here, the orchids were so amazing that I’m devoting two blogs to them. Blogging is a visual medium and these certainly fit that requirement. We know that there are a huge number of different orchids. WHY? Each type of orchid has evolved […]

  Lemur                      pic Lensworth Right up the road from Boulder, with easy access, great parking and wonderful enclosures, our Denver Zoo is  yet another wonder within 1/2 hour of Boulder. provides its animal guests as Lemurs, with their saucer-like eyes and enigmatic presence, are among the most charismatic creatures of Madagascar. These primates are distinguished […]

It is common knowledge that the bee population across the world is in peril. Which is no small thing, considering their importance. At least a third of all of the world’s food supply relies on the pollination habit of bees, flowers, of course, rely on bees, and in fact most kinds of fruit and berries […]