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Scott. Working wildlife biologist living at the edge of nature. Naturalist. Macro photo fanatic. Intuitive birding by ear. Colorado. Friend of pibbles! All original photos my own. Opinions my own.
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Nature’s Edge @edge-nature.bsky.social · Nov 1
With help of volunteers, we have completed this year’s work on our wildlife piles project reclaiming old wood from a 2013 flood into these protective structures that provide shelter, denning and nesting cover for wildlife and birds. White-crowned sparrows from Canada have already found the piles!
A pile of timber and brush with a group of white crowned sparrows on the top. Two volunteers building a wildlife pile with larger logs at the base and finer branches and supports above. A wide angle view of the wildlife piles, some of over 20 of these piles.
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I love bullterriers, they are clowns much like this guy. The great thing is you can have still have funny videos without AI. www.facebook.com/reel/8232317...
781K views · 26K reactions | I feel good!! Mom hasn't wanted to say much, but Ive been kept kinda quiet, I pulled a muscle and it scared her. She took me to vet to get a thorough exam, blood xrays an...
I feel good!! Mom hasn't wanted to say much, but Ive been kept kinda quiet, I pulled a muscle and it scared her. She took me to vet to get a thorough exam, blood xrays and urine. The urine catch was....
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December 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Sunrise Isaak Walton Pond Colorado
Bright orange sunrise reflected in a pond.
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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White-winged Crossbills are year round birds up north, but their time to shine is in the winter. As seed eaters, they follow booming cone crops. As such they wander south and into cities every few years. #birds
A male red plumaged White-winged Crossbill stands in the snow aside a conifer cone. A female greenish plumaged White-winged Crossbill stands in the snow.
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Opuntia phaeacantha, our Tulip Pricklypear cactus, blooming north of Pueblo #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 12 🌿
Orange cactus flower
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Brittlefern seaweed on the beach begging to be photographed. 🌿🐚
December 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Some days #FallBackFlowers are melancholy. For July 12, 2025 in the Granite Chief Wilderness.

I'm reminded of a favorite hike. One so arduous, but so worth it. Miles and miles of wildflowers through multiple habitats.

Woolly Mule's Ear (Wyethia mollis)
a cluster of yellow wildflowers that are sunflower like on a mountain side with a clear sky. from wikipedia: It grows in forests and other mountain habitat such as dry open meadows with sagebrush. It grows from a tough taproot and caudex unit, producing a stem 30 to 40 centimeters tall, and reaching a meter in height at times. It thrives in volcanic soils because of its deep roots. The leaves have lance-shaped or oval blades up to 40 centimeters long, which are glandular and coated in woolly hairs, especially when new. They usually grow up vertically from the base. The inflorescence is a solitary flower head or a cluster of 2 or 3 heads, each with up to 11 yellow ray florets which may be up to 4.5 centimeters long. The fruit is an achene about a centimeter long, not counting its pappus. The seeds are edible and taste similar to sunflower seeds
December 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Historic Step Forward to Secure Environmental Flows in the Colorado River
On the evening of November 19, a packed conference room in the Denver West Marriott erupted in cheers when the Colorado Water Conservation Board approved one of the largest ever dedications of water f...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Just now! The progression of a sunset in four panels. The sunsets and sunrises have been crazy over Colorado. I haven’t been very good documenting them this year.
Photo 1, the early golden stages of a sunset Photo two, getting more orange Photo three, peak sunset, bright orange, and red Photo four, passed be heading toward the final light.
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I appreciate the beech leaves for staying put on the trees when others are all bare

#ArtAdventCalendar 🌿
Brown serrated leaves hang from thin branches, lit up by the sun so they glow an orangey brown.
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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When you look at the feet they don’t look like they’re gripping at all. NUTHATCH MAGIC
#birds
A little white bird with black cap and grey back is somehow stuck to the side of a thick tree trunk with tail up and head down. Its head is stretched out giving a profile view. This is a white-breasted nuthatch.
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Day 7 #artAdventCalendar my #linocut horseshoe crab (Tachypeus gigas) in grey, blue-bronze and dark brown on 8” x 8” cream-coloured Japanese paper with bark inclusions. 🧪🐡 They get their name from their horseshoe like shape but they are not crabs; they are chelicerates, more closely related to 🧵
My linocut horseshoe crab is hand printed on 8” x 8” cream coloured Japanese paper speckled with some tiny brown bark inclusions. The crab is viewed from above and its body is printed with a base of grey, with some darker gold-green especially around the edges to give the impression it is a bit domed and then texture, edges, hairs around the edge of the horseshoe shape and the tail are printed in dark brown.
December 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Rhipidioides sp.

This very small male Rhipidioides sp. beetle was a new visitor to our moth light this week. This is the only recorded observation in Western Australia. The larvae of this species parasitises cockroaches🪳
#ausinverts #wildoz #beetle #coleoptera #inaturalist
Very small black beetle with fan shaped antennae and wings spread Very small black beetle with fan shaped antennae and wings folded back
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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This was a rattlesnake I almost stepped on which was sunning itself in the road as I opened the BLM gate across the road. I counted eleven segments in its rattle. That made two rattlesnakes in two days, I never see rattlers this much, this place was full of them. 🐍 Lookout Mtn #Fallback to June 6 🌿
Front half of a rattlesnake Tail-end of a rattlesnake, I counted eleven segments
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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“It’s Caturday Daisy!”
A long-haired cat on her back, enjoying the attention of her humans.
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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I love shooting on overcast calm days. Water is so calm. Pied-billed grebe for #BirdoftheDay theme of #reflections 🪶
A small brown duck floats across gray water. It is perfectly reflected in the water
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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It’s the bird whose name sounds like a Shakespearean insult!!!

A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker for #WoodpeckerWednesday. #birds 🌿
A zoomed in photo of a black and white patterned bird clinging to the side of a wooden bird feeder. It has red on its head and throat.
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Sigh, looks like Ravi broke the every other day visit streak today.
So here’s one from 12/3/2024. He’s at his favored side of the patio but this is well before the self serve table.
A sunny day then , shocking 😂

Tomorrow starts a long streak of sunny days so I hope he shows up. 🪶
A photo roadrunner on a concrete patio from last December. It is the beginning of a year of visits , so far.
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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#Invertebrates 💖
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My little friend along the driveway is so used to me taking pix she doesn’t flinch any more. She’s been there since hatching and I expect she’ll undergo her final molt in the next week. A mantis in the genus Tithrone 🌱
A praying mantis hiding in a purple flower. Only her face is in focus. She’s mostly green with some orange at the base is her antennae and along the underside of her front legs. The legs are barely visible and mostly out of focus.
December 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Barn Owls are one of the species that suffer the most rodenticide poisoning. We’re killing the best weapon we have against rodents w/ our inability to use proper pest control management. Help us change that by donating to our campaign #birds #birdsofprey #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison
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August 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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I spent a little time today with one of my favorite Costa Rica #hummingbirds, the Fiery-throated Hummingbird at Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica

#birds #nature
A vibrant green and blue hummingbird with a bright blue cap.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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FINALLY our first decent snow! 6 inches. Almost a month and a half after the average first snow for Longmont Colorado.
Trees and landscaping and small garden covered with snow.
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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One of my more artful photos.
#ArtAdventCalendar
A Sandhill Crane, a large gray bird, is preening with it's left wing relaxed in a very artful preening pose.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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A flock of wayward Sandhill Cranes over downtown today looking for a safe place to land during a snowstorm. Sorry buddies you’ll need to go at least 5 miles to find a suitable place. Volume up!
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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D & F tower tonight downtown Denver.
Green and red lights on the DNF tower downtown Denver.
November 29, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Its that time of year again: a male Snow Flea, one of 3 seen yesterday in woodland on the Shrops/Herefords border. These 4mm relatives of Scorpionflies live in moss (esp. Polytrichum & relatives) & are winter active as adults. Not fleas of course but they can jump a bit.
A Snow Flea - a small, long-legged insect with a very long face (like its relatives the scorpionflies). An overall dark, bronzy colour with yellow & orange highlights.
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM