Environment

Daily Postcard: A bighorn sheep stands in profile among trees and grass recently at Bandelier National Monument. Male bighorn sheep are known as rams and have horns on their head that can weigh up to 30 lbs. Females, called ewes, have much smaller, shorter horns, but both rams and ewes use their horns as tools for eating, fighting, and occasionally scratching an itch. Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep are a subspecies of bighorn. They are native to the region but were extirpated in the early 20th century, due to hunting, livestock grazing, and introduction of diseases from domestic livestock. In 2014, Read More

Daily Postcard: A colorful Western Tanager sits atop a bird feeder outside a residence Sunday in White Rock. A clear look at a male Western Tanager is like looking at a flame: an orange-red head, brilliant yellow body, and coal-black wings, back and tail. Females and immatures are a somewhat dimmer yellow-green and blackish. These birds live in open woods all over the West, particularly among evergreens, where they often stay hidden in the canopy. Nevertheless, they’re a quintessential woodland denizen in summertime, where they fill the woods with their short, burry song and low, chuckling Read More