Ditch Digging

Prior to this morning, my volunteer activities with the Carson Nature Center, at South Platte Park, had consisted of participation in waterf...

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Westward into Winter

Heading back to our Colorado farm yesterday morning, we left Columbia under hazy skies; the temperature at dawn was 71 degrees F and the dew...

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Life's Tragedies

Many humans face tragedy in their life, whether from war, accident, illness or natural catastrophe.  For some, such events are accepted as f...

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More Mothers than Fathers

On this Mother's Day, it's appropriate to acknowledge that, in nature, there are more mothers than fathers.  Among the many inverteb...

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Grass Plovers at Eagle Bluffs

Thanks to a heads-up from a friend and fellow birder who was arriving at Eagle Bluffs as I was leaving, I was fortunate to observe four upla...

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Preventing Dementia

As the Baby Boomers enter their late sixties and seventies, increasing attention is focused on dementia and other diseases of the elderly, e...

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Blocking Highs

Domes of high pressure may sit above an ocean or land mass for an extended period of time, shunting storm systems around their periphery; in...

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