Birds

Stop Bird Porn: The leading contenders for weirdest, most worthless DNC protesters

Birds of a Feather

Think Big

When it comes to attracting geese, hunters are flying blind.

Want Flies With That?

McDonald's wildlife area is for the birds.

Thanksgiving: Duck, duck, goose!

McDonald's wildlife area is for the birds.

Annual count is for the birds

It's time to count birds again, and we don't mean your Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey dinners. The Audubon Society of Greater Denver, in conjunction with local Audubon groups around the nation, is asking its members to count the birds they see in their back yards on New Year's Day - a tradition ... More >>

Best birdwatching -- west

Chatfield State Park

Best birdwatching -- east

Denver International Airport

Best Place to Do It in the Moonlight

Dream Canyon

Off Limits

Good for the goose.

Pop Quiz

Hunting's a Blast!
September 18, 2003

Best Place to Get Pooped On

African Grey

Drink of the Week

Blue Footed Booby

Best Help for Winged Things

The Birdbrain

Get ready for the Gunnison sage grouse

The Waunita Lek near Gunnison, mating grounds for a large group of Gunnison sage grouse, is open for public viewings, and bird watchers will have good news to share with the rare species, which puts on an unusual and exotic springtime dance. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that i ... More >>

Going, Going, Gone

Will the first new American bird discovered in a hundred years be the next to go extinct?

For the Birds

This bird-watching session requires binoculars and a chili spoon.

Running Birds

Don't bury your head in the sand for the Rocky Mountain Ostrich Festival.

For the Birds

Don't bury your head in the sand for the Rocky Mountain Ostrich Festival.

Bird Is the Word

Don't bury your head in the sand for the Rocky Mountain Ostrich Festival.

Happy Feet

That whole talking-animal genre? Let's be done with it.

Student Council

I miss school.

Fowl Bawl

Is avian flu on the fly?

Stop, Thief!

Vandalism as a sign of the times.

Spring Fever, Bird Flu

Catching errant wildlife with the web.

For the Birds

Take a gander at the government's new plan.

Bird Droppings

Disney's Valiant effort never leaves the hangar.

Miracle on Ice

The life of the emperor penguin isn't easy, but it might make yours seem better.

Flick Pick

Winged Migration

Pop Quiz

Da Birds! Da Birds!
June 12, 2003

A Wing and a Prayer

The peregrine falcon is back -- and falconers want to get their hands on the bird.

Wild Goose Chase

Ron Ruhr thinks a lot of himself, but not as much as Colorado wildlife officials did.

Give Him the Bird

What do Bill Owens and Bert from Sesame Street have in common? Pigeons.

Off Limits

Happy Birthday, DIA!

A Bird in the Hand

The fate of the northern goshawk--and the timber industry--could rest with Richard Reynolds. He's not out of the woods yet.

Letters

The fate of the northern goshawk--and the timber industry--could rest with Richard Reynolds. He's not out of the woods yet.

Mouthing Off

The fate of the northern goshawk--and the timber industry--could rest with Richard Reynolds. He's not out of the woods yet.

EMPTY NEST SYNDROME

FINE FEATHERED FRIENDS, BEWARE: FLIGHT STIMULATOR DOUG GILBERT IS ON THE JOB.

Bird strikes: Which critters are getting mashed by Colorado planes?

A Flickr photoA horned lark that managed to avoid being hit by a plane. The Federal Aviation Administration has opened its database about birds and other animals struck by planes -- a hot topic following the January landing in the Hudson River of a US Airways flight that tangled with a flock of gee ... More >>

Nest Fest

History’s no mystery at the Mesa Verde birding festival.

Exxon-Mobil: admitted bird killers

Talk about paying at the pump.​Exxon-Mobil had a bad day in court in Denver yesterday. The firm pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, including Colorado. The size of the fine and community-service payments Exxon-Mobil has agreed to pony up -- $600,000 -- is, to use an avian ... More >>

Kenny Be's Yard Arteology: Living life on the edge in East Colfax

The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration... ​ Figure 39. East Colfax: Emperor penguin on the edge All of the exotic creatures that come to Denver eventually end up on East Colfax Avenue. So, it should be no surprise to find a penguin perched on a porch in the neighborhood named ... More >>

Common Loon

Wednesday, May 5, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Wanted: homing-pigeon trainer for MCA Denver

Wednesday, May 5, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Birds Are The Words

Wednesday, May 5, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Five top Colorado birding spots from Mark Obmascik, author of The Big Year

​The Big Year, based on a 2004 book by former Denver Post writer Mark Obmascik and starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston and Rashida Jones, among others, debuts in theaters nationwide today. But before The Big Year got the big Hollywood treatment, it w ... More >>

Feather Your Nest

​The Big Year, based on a 2004 book by former Denver Post writer Mark Obmascik and starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston and Rashida Jones, among others, debuts in theaters nationwide today. But before The Big Year got the big Hollywood treatment, it w ... More >>

What's good for the (Canada) goose isn't really good for Denver

​An adult goose releases approximately one pound of poop every single day. This fact stays relatively unnoticed until wintertime, when thousands of Canada geese -- seemingly overnight -- come out of the woodwork and waddle onto your property and into your parking spot. Why are there so many? T ... More >>

Reader: Beware the golden egg of Denver's goose harrassers

​Geese seem to have become as common in Denver's winter months as Suburus with ski racks, a situation that Westword's Kelsey Whipple decided to look into. What she found is that there is a population of Canada geese here who have never even been to their namesake country. They don't migrate an ... More >>

Going To the Birds

​Geese seem to have become as common in Denver's winter months as Suburus with ski racks, a situation that Westword's Kelsey Whipple decided to look into. What she found is that there is a population of Canada geese here who have never even been to their namesake country. They don't migrate an ... More >>