The Sanitas Valley Trail winds its way up the large valley between Mount Sanitas and Dakota Ridge. Except for a few of brief portions destroyed by the 2013 flooding, the smooth, wide gravel trail is easy to navigate. The famed Boulder Flatirons can be seen from the south. The exposed, sunlit route is lined by […]

Our rescued & adopted green cheeked conure (parrot) came with no history. We don’t know if she was ever out of the cage, or if she even was able to fly. Some have had their “primaries” main flight feathers clipped so they cannot fly. We took a chance after a month or more of letting […]

Greetings from a landscape filled with lakes, waterfalls, and stunning peaks. One of the most visited locations in Rocky Mountain National Park is Bear Lake. There is beauty everywhere you turn, with calming vistas of Hallett Peak and the Continental Divide with ponderosa pines all around. All levels of hikers will enjoy the wheelchair-accessible Bear […]

Buntings are mostly granivorous, feeding on a variety of seeds. They will come to bird feeders in search of smaller seeds, particularly white proso millet, Nyjer, and sunflower hearts or chips. Planting seed-bearing flowers can supply natural seeds for buntings to consume. The male is easy to spot because it has a bright blue head […]

Photo credit: Sherrie Stille