Update: June 16: One of the eggs has hatched. Chick is tentatively dubbed Spoke, as owner now lives in Spokane. Kane should be along soon. Some of my longtime readers will recall my fascination with Phoebe the hummingbird and the live streaming webcam that allowed me to waste spend hours just watching the goings on. Eggs … Continue reading Phoebe cam returns, features Pheona the robin
Longs Peak is the apple of my eye when it comes to Colorado’s mountains, but to many others Pikes Peak is “the peak.” And there’s a lot to be said for a 14,114-foot peak that travelers can “climb” on foot, by car, or by cog railway. Oddly enough, until today I’d not thought to look for webcams … Continue reading Pikes Peak has webcams too
My regular readers know I’m a big fan of webcams in the area between north Denver and Rocky Mountain National Park. And perusing personal weather stations has turned up two more in addition to the one in Nederland that I found in November. The view from the Cherryvale weathercam in Boulder is especially lovely today. There’s … Continue reading More north Colorado webcams
Obviously I spend too much time with my computer and not enough in the high country. But I do love webcams for the mountain views they provide. And I’ve just discovered another one (already added to my faves in the footer). It’s part of a personal weather station in Nederland, Colo. (16 miles west of … Continue reading I want the home attached to this webcam
In a week flooded with seemingly endless awful news, I needed a break, a moment of beauty and tranquility. This is a screenshot from Eric Calkins’ Longs Peak webcam, captured a few minutes ago. The camera is live, mounted on Prospect Mountain in the middle of Estes Park, Colo., and looks south toward Longs Peak. … Continue reading Longs Peak afternoon
I clicked on the Niwot Ridge TundraCam this evening at about 6:30 pm MDT and was met with a screen full of elk. A big herd. What an exciting surprise. I watched for almost two hours, with only a short break to grab dinner from the oven. It was such a treat to watch a big herd completely … Continue reading Elk on Niwot Ridge
