Monthly Archives: June 2022

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Biological soil crusts, rock varnishes and kangaroo rats ) One of the main distinctions between an arid grassland and a desert is the abundance of … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Sagebrush ) When we drove out of the Rocky Mountains via Glenwood Canyon, we entered the sagebrush lands of Colorado Plateau. Big sagebrush (Artemisia  tridentata) … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Colorado Plateau ) We leave Glenwood Canyon and follow the Colorado River out of the mountains. We are now in the province of the Colorado … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Drive to Utah The first weekend in May, Deborah and I left Greeley and drove an hour south and east to the Denver Airport. Our … Continue reading →

(Click on the link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Bird and windows part 2 Last week we started a discussion of why birds fly into window glass. We outlined the scope of the problem, talked … Continue reading →