Deer

I don't know what kind of deer this is, but I just had to post it right away.  I just spotted this mama and her two fawns on the way home from the garden, somewhere in Fort Collins near Timnath.  The fawns still had their white spots, and even though you can't make out the second one, there are two.  You can read more about deer here.

Rambouillet Sheep (Ovis aries)

Rambouillet Sheep (Ovis aries)

I saw this Colorado State University mascot, CAM the ram, at the farmer's market in Old Town Fort Collins this morning. I actually walk past the pen where CAM lives on campus to get to most of my classes, and so I have seen this particular ram on a weekly basis for over a year.  For me the interesting thing about rams is that you can tell their age sort of like you tell the age of a tree- you count the rings on the horns.  I am not sure how many rings equals a year of age, and I think that when rams are older they don't grow in their horns every year, but I am sure there are people out there who know these things and could tell how old CAM is.  You can read more about the history of breeding this type of sheep here.

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

I saw this woodpecker in the Urban Wetlands of Greenwood Cemetery in downtown Orlando, Florida in the afternoon on August 11, 2010. You can read more about these woodpeckers here.

Crustose and Foliose Lichens

Crustose and Foliose Lichens

These lichens were spotted growing on a boulder on the banks of a river somewhere in the Routt National Forest in Wyoming in 2010.  Unfortunately, I am not a lichenologist, and I have no experience identifying different species of lichens, so I don't know what these particular specimens are.  If you know, please leave a comment.  In the meantime, you can read more about lichens here.

Crimson Marsh Glider (Trithemis aurora)

Crimson Marsh Glider (Trithemis aurora)
Photo credit: Kristina LeCours

I saw this dragonfly in the Urban Wetlands of Greenwood Cemetery in downtown Orlando, Florida in the afternoon on August 11, 2010.  You can read more about the Crimson Marsh Glider here.

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

I saw this fox, complete with squirrel in its mouth, while walking down Howes Street in Fort Collins, Colorado one May morning in 2010.  The interesting thing about this sighting is that the fox was walking down the sidewalk seen in the picture straight towards me.  When it reached the driveway it made an approximate 90º turn, then another, then another, then another (making a square around me), and then continued down the sidewalk behind me.  You can read more about the red fox here.

Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

I saw these chickens on Thursday, August 19, 2010 in someone's backyard in Capron, Virginia.  You can read more about domesticated chickens here.

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This chicken was seen in the backyard of a friend in Fort Collins sometime in late 2010. It's eggs were delicious and made the best pasta dough.

Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

I saw this bird May 31, 2010 on the porch of a remote cabin near Esterbrook, Wyoming.  You can read more about hummingbirds here.

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

I spotted this bird August 19th, 2010 around 11:30AM while driving in the Mennonite country of southern Maryland somewhere in the vicinity of Great Mills.  It was in a front yard along with two others eating roadkill.  You can read more about this bird here.