Month: December 2024

Can you believe this?

A preposterous display

that boggles the mind!

Saw this display on Montezuma County Road M outside of Cortez on the way to do a hike.  The display had many moving items and was not just in front of the house, but extended up and down the road on either side of the house.. There was Christmas music playing. There were strings of lights everywhere. This place must be something at night when it is all lit up. The house is on a rural county road and not in a neighborhood. I have a friend who is in Cambodia and she sent me photos of Angkor Wat and I sent her these photos in return.

My zebra image
is going to be in a film
and they will pay me.

A few days ago a movie company agreed to my asking price for the use of this image in the background of a scene. It will not be referenced in dialogue or highlighted in any scenes.

This image has been commercially available as a poster for many years. My attached photo has a copyright on it. The poster, of course, does not.

Here’s a little bit about the movie:

Roofman, a feature film that is currently being shot in Charlotte, NC, starring Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst. Roofman is based on the true story of Jeffrey Manchester, an escaped inmate who hides out in a toy store. Things get tricky when an unexpected romance starts to complicate his escape plan.

Sounds interesting and entertaining. Photo was taken in Namibia.

Lone Cape May Warbler
It should be in Barbados
Not Colorado

A couple of days ago, there was a report of a Cape May Warbler in Cortez, Colorado. This is a mega rare bird for our area and especially in the winter season. These birds usually migrate along the East coast down to the Caribbean and the southeastern shore of Mexico.

What in the world is it doing way out here where temperatures go into the 20’s each night?  Somehow it is surviving.  There is some sap oozing out of a pine tree and the bird is attracted to the sap for food or the bugs that are attracted to the sap.  The bird seems very healthy at this time, but winter is only going to get colder and this bird is basically an insect eater.

With the help of the birders that found this rarity, a number of birders from Durango traveled to Cortez and we all got to see – and photograph – this beautiful bird that is very rare for our area.
 A range map is attached to give you an idea of the bird’s normal range.

Stopping for our lunch
we are joining ghosts from a
different era.

This is part of a famous set of petroglyphs called the River Panel that we hiked down to visit.