Eagle County Wildlife Blog (2)

Eagle County Community Wildlife Roudtable

Rick Spitzer

CSI: Wildlife

One popular television program was CSI. The forensics crime drama ran on CBS for 15 seasons. Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) was a whodunit scenario...

Eagle County Community Wildlife Roudtable

Rick Spitzer

We have an Impact on Ecosystems, but Not in a Good Way

Ecosystems are biological communities which consist of many organisms interacting in a specific physical environment. Humans are often considered the...

This rare owl lives in boreal forests and is threatened due to forest fires and deforestation.

Rick Spitzer

Raptors

Text and Photos by Rick Spitzer,

For the Eagle County Wildlife Roundtable

Humans have had a reverence for raptors since the beginning of...

Sand hill cranes migrate from northern Mexico to as far as northeastern Siberia each year. City lights at night may confuse some birds during migrations.

Rick Spitzer

Decline of Birds In Our Environment

Text and Photos by Rick Spitzer,

For the Eagle County Wildlife Roundtable

Many people have noticed a decline in the number of birds in the...