Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Itching For Spring

Raggedy Moose and Their Winter Ticks Emerging from winter is often symbolized by a scruffy and unkempt look due to being pent up in the

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Life in Nature
James Dewalt

North American Legend

Colorado bison, past, present and future It has been said that at one time “the plains were black and appeared to be moving”.  This referred

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Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Shackin’ Up In the Winter

A look at the frisky winter mating season of red foxes While winter activity in the wild might seem to hunker down for the season,

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A large bull elk trudging through the show in the mountains of Colorado.
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Lords of Winter

A glimpse into the winter life of elk Light snow falls from the sky into the woodland clearing as the day’s remaining sun makes its

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A ferruginous hawk preparing to fly from a telephone pole in eastern Colorado
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Winter’s Winged Majesty

A close inspection of prairie hunters, the Ferruginous Hawk While we haven’t really felt it much outside of the “W”, winter has arrived here in

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Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Where Did I Put That Seed?

Mountain Chickadees and their amazing seed stashing memory Our first significant snowfall of the season is gently drifting down outside my window as I write. 

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Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Autumn Icon

Rut season rituals with our bighorn sheep A favorite fall nature adventure for me-spurned by the activity of their rut season-is seeking out the state

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Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Whaling In the Wetlands

A tale of eyes nearly bigger than a stomach I try to get in some nature when and where I can. A recent errand run

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Downy woodpecker perched on an aspen tree trunk while foraging
Life in Nature
James Dewalt

Power of the Peck

How do woodpeckers not suffer brain trauma? One of the many iconic sounds we enjoy in the forest (and sometimes unwanted on the side of

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