Osprey While the Great Blue Heron seems at home in Southern Florida, it has always seemed to me to be a summer bird visiting Boulder. One of the Great Blues must have visited some years ago, and has forever returned. Niwot’s Curse in action! When Boulderites travel, which we do frequently, we take cameras! We visit nature preserves. We spread love from the Valley. And then, after a week or two, we are READY to come home to the Boulder Valley with “rolls” of pictures to process and share. Heads Up! The inveterate reporter blogger Lensworth is personally going on a warm climate... Read More

Two raptors in Boulder, a male and a female, have a livestream that’s blowing up in popularity as people flocked to the Boulder county page earlier in March to see the birds’ return after their winter migration. People can get a bird’s eye view of the male and female osprey and their anticipated hatchlings this spring season by watching Boulder County Parks & Open Space’s live stream of their home. Researchers are hoping that those who watch the livestream will report their findings in a Google doc to help track some of the activity of the raptors. To help with the citizen... Read More