The world of alpine plants encompasses many species and even more secrets to survival. Adapting to a world where extremes are the norm takes persistence and flexibility; but each summer, the alpine..
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Topics: Curious Nature
The community is bustling as herons, egrets, and ibises come and go from the large cottonwood tree. While most birds nest in mated pairs, a few nest communally, sharing the warmth and protection of..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Birding
Birdwatching isn’t always easy. Birds don’t sit still for long, and they certainly don’t come close and spin around so we can see all their markings. And when you start looking up little yellow birds..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Birding
The mysteries of nature are numerous and vast, encompassing questions large and small and constantly teasing us to unravel their riddles. One of these mysteries involves the phenomenon of delayed..
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Topics: Curious Nature
It is a relief to many in Colorado that the recent epidemic of mountain pine beetle infestations is now over. After killing approximately 5 million acres of trees and dominating headlines for a..
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Topics: Curious Nature
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! We all sing it for different reasons. For some, it helps them get into the holiday spirit; for others it gets them excited to ski the pow. And still others may..
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Topics: Curious Nature
The first thing that comes to mind when I hear talk of coyotes is Wile E. Coyote attempting to catch the Roadrunner with absurd contraptions and tricks. Little did I know then, but the cartoon..
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Topics: Curious Nature
While driving on the highways that wind their way through the mountains, you may have noticed that the hills on the right side of the car often look very different than the hills out your left-side..
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Topics: Curious Nature
It is getting to the point in the ski season where the vert is beginning to stack up and the sun is rendering our favorite slopes virtually bulletproof. What this means, is that it’s time to take a..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Snowshoe
“Romantic” and “affectionate” are not typically terms used to describe ravens, which are often associated with mystery and death. However, as we learn more about the lives of these intelligent birds,..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Birding
The temperature is a perfect 75 degrees, with cloudless skies, a calm breeze moving through the branches above you, and an open trail ahead. Friends sit around a campfire with the Milky Way spanning..
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Topics: Curious Nature
What’s that rabbit running from?! It’s not a bobcat or a hawk; the rabbit is running from the tiny but fierce weasel, one of Colorado’s smallest mammalian predators. At one-third the size of a..
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Topics: Curious Nature
