I awoke at dawn to continue down the road. My GPS unit is programmed to avoid toll roads which was a good thing because as soon as I left the Interstate I started seeing lots of wildlife including my first and only Scissor-tailed Flycatcher of the trip.
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Nature Ali’s Grand Adventure – Mid-Kansas to Terre Haute, IN – Day 7, June 26th.
Posted in Amphibians, Birds, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Grand Adventure, Indiana, Kansas, Mammals, Reptiles, tagged black snake, Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Dragonflies, Lawrence, Park Prairie Nature Center on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nature Ali’s Grand Adventure – Florissant, CO to mid-Kansas – Day 6, June 25th.
Posted in Birds, Brandon, Butterflies, Colorado, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Fossils, Geology, Grand Adventure, Kansas, Mammals, Reptiles, tagged common ringlet, Desiree, eastern birds, eastern cottontail, fossil bugs, Fossil redwoods, Gunnison prairie dog, life bird, Orchard Oriole, Richardson's ground squirrel, Snider on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stayed over for a night to enjoy time with Brandon and Desiree. Brandon was up at dawn to show me the Rocky Mountain Elk which fade back into the forest shortly after the sun rises.
