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Category Archives: Nature Encounters
Mountain Lion and Bear Sightings (with Bear pics)
So last night, for my 51st week anniversary as a Coloradan, my dogs and I saw our first mountain lion, something I had always expected could be around the next corner. I was on my way back from a hike and I saw a set of eyes next to the trail. The eyes didn’t behave like those of a deer, fox, or skunk, they didn’t glare my light directly for an extended period of time, instead looked away to save getting blinded by the light.
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Went on a crazy Fox hunt and took some evening pics with tripod
Tess saw a Fox, flipped out and took me on a mad dash up the mountain. The fox she was chasing was joined by a second fox, both of whom would only run far enough away from Tess to stop and look back. They were playing with her.
Took some shots with a tripod for the first time. I’ve always wanted to do some evening shots, but haven’t yet lugged a tripod until tonight. Made the fox hunting more difficult.
And a nice shot of the city:
Click here to download: Foxhunt 2010-6-14.kmz
Panorama of Boulder
I shot some deer, Mother Approved
OMG, not panoramas!
Death on the perimeter: to catch a predator
The dangers that lurk in Frontier have struck too close to home. Yesterday I discovered a partially devoured deer carcase not much more than 300 feet outside of my front door.
At my home there are no fences to protect us from the frontier. Continue reading Death on the perimeter: to catch a predator
Encounter recalled
Time to walk the dogs tonight, Like a bullet from a gun Tess the unleashed beagle shot out the door and ran out into the wild. Not far behind was Ruffles my Roomate’s Cocker Spaniel, and Lupin my Neighbor’s Husky/Wolf.
Tess ran up the hill to her prime hunting grounds, a network of critter-tunnels who she has been mapping and excavating. I thought that Lupin decided to turn around and go back home. Tess, Ruffles and I went up the mountain, which I was recently appointed mayor of on foursquare after proposing to my fiance.
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