Tag: bird
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Bird Call: Colorado bird, nature group to host award-winning, humorous bird cartoonist
A is for adorbler. One can detect the presence of an adorbler by noticing when fellow birdwatchers coo, “Oh, hello, little buddy,” and “Well, look at you,” or emit soft squeals of delight. A is also for American robin, defined as a device that converts worms into100-decibel songs outside your bedroom at 4 a.m. Those are…
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National bird: Best spots to view bald eagles around Colorado Springs
Here’ the best places for eagle watching around metro Denver.
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Black Forest carver uses recycled wood to create life-like birds
You’d swear these carved birds are about to take off. But no, the mountain bluebird, cedar waxwings, red-winged blackbird and hooded merganser are firmly mounted to their wood bases as they perch atop a few display tables and shelves at Wild Birds Unlimited. Standing nearby is Tom Mizik, the man responsible for the brilliantly painted,…
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Bird Call: Colorado carver uses recycled wood to create life-like birds
You’d swear these carved birds are about to take off. But no, the mountain bluebird, cedar waxwings, red-winged blackbird and hooded merganser are firmly mounted to their wood bases as they perch atop a few display tables and shelves at Wild Birds Unlimited. Standing nearby is Tom Mizik, the man responsible for the brilliantly painted,…
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Bird Call: Colorado bird photographer’s finch photo nabs gold in contest
Somewhere around Homer, Alaska, lives a gray-crowned rosy-finch who’s blissfully unaware it’s an award winner. Evergreen photographer Alan Murphy managed to capture its frosty visage one winter’s day a couple of years ago and dubbed it “Winter Pink.” For his efforts, he won gold in the best portrait category of the annual Bird Photographer of…
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Bird Call: Colorado man leads bird, wildlife tours through Birding Man Adventures
It’s the case of the white-tailed ptarmigan. That’s a famously elusive grouse that cloaks itself by turning snow white in the winter and brown as a stick come summer, and becoming virtually invisible against the windswept rocks, low shrubs and snowbanks of their high-mountain habitat. They’re the only birds in North America who spend their…
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Bird Call: Colorado Springs raptor expert to speak about owls at Colorado bird festival
An unusual interaction with a bird is often one way a bird lover is born. For Debbie Barnes- Shankster, it was the black-capped chickadee that alighted on her hand when she was 6 to steal seeds a farmer had poured into her open paw. “I was immediately charmed,” she said. “I’ve loved chickadees since then.”…
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Who’s Who at the Zoo | Abyssinian Ground Hornbills
Meet Petrie and Layla, the Abyssinian ground hornbills at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
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LIFE | This Place is for the Birds
This Place is for the Birds, a garden center specializing in bird seed, has a long history in Colorado Springs. The family-owned small business is located on a 100-year-old farm in the city. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Bird Call: New club for bird lovers in Colorado Springs
By this time next year, Jessica Miller hopes her group of bird watchers have become full-fledged birders. The Fountain Creek Nature Center Interpretive Program coordinator first offered “Birding 101” at the nature center, which crammed a bunch of information into two classes and two field trips. That was a bit overwhelming for people, she decided,…