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- March 28, 2024
Environment:
Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 33 degrees Sky: Clouds and Sun.A chilly but tolerable temperature lured me out early this morning. Things are still pretty quiet out on the trail – I think everyone is concentrating on nesting and family planning. Pictured here is an Osprey bringing some food into the nest – presumably to share with its mate. I saw two Great Horned Owls both settled well into their environment. Featured today is a Northern Flicker who was sitting in such good light that I couldn’t stop myself from grabbing a picture.
Owl Watch
Sightings:
Birds: American Coots, Hooded Mergansers, Wood Ducks, Great Horned Owls, Starlings, Western Meadowlarks, Cooper’s Hawk, White-crowned Sparrows, Canada Geese, Pied-billed Grebes, Great Blue Heron, American Robins, Northern Flickers, Eurasian Collard-Dove
Critters: Mule Deer, Prairie DogsKINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
- March 27, 2024
Environment:
Start Time: 4:55 PM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Clouds and Sun.Today it’s Owls and Osprey. Once again I delayed taking my walk until warmer temperatures prevailed. Afternoons are nice but are often more challenging when it comes to finding birds to shoot. This was not the case today. I found three Great Horned Owls decorating the trees while waiting for their day to get started. Of course, one of them is waiting for the owl stork to arrive. The two owls pictured here are, I believe, the mated pair that belong to the nest I have been watching. The featured image is an Osprey taking what is left of its catch (pictured being caught in the shot at the bottom of this post) away from my prying lens.
Owl Watch
Sightings:
Birds: Great Horned Owls, Starlings, Western Meadowlark, Red-tailed Hawks, American Kestrel, Say’s Phoebe, Sparrows, Canada Geese, Pied-billed Grebes, Wild Turkeys, Turkey Vultures, Great Blue Heron
Critters: Prairie DogsKINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
- March 26, 2024
Environment:
Start Time: 3:00 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Cloud Mitigated Sun.Owl Watch
Cold weather has kept me mostly at home over the last couple of days. Today I just ran out for a quick check on the Great Horned Owl nest that I have been haunting. As you can see things are pretty much the same which, I guess, is good news. While I was checking out the nest the Red-tailed Hawk (featured up top) flew over thus giving me enough material for this post. Thanks, pal.
Sightings:
Birds: Great Horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture
Critters: NoneKINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
- March 24, 2024
Environment:
Start Time: 6:00 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Cloud Mitigated Sun.It’s kind of dark out at Lake Pueblo State Park at six o’clock in the morning. I was hoping to capture a time-lapse sequence of the full Moon setting behind the Wet Mountains. But, like Joni Mitchell, clouds got in my way. I spent an hour trying a different scene but by the time I was done I was too cold and disheartened to do my normal walk. So I checked on my owl’s nest and then headed up to the top of Lake Pueblo Dam for a couple of shots of the Wet Mountains catching the (finally appearing) morning sunlight. Can I get an ‘A’ for effort?
Owl Watch
Sightings:
Birds: American Robins, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, Starlings, Western Meadowlark, Hawk, American Kestrel
Critters: Mule Deer, Coyotes, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail RabbitKINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
- March 23, 2024
Environment:
Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 34 degrees Sky: Sunny with a few clouds.Today’s walk was really kind of interesting. I’ve been wondering why I hadn’t seen any Cooper’s Hawks working on a nest in the area they have used for the past several years. Then I spotted the one who is today’s featured image and my hopes rose. But, upon examination of the photo, I see that this is a juvenile hawk and so is probably not going to be working on a nest. I got the shots of Downy Woodpeckers pictured here in different locations but was happy to get both genders. Closing out the post is another Pied-billed Grebe who managed to capture a Crayfish while I was watching. I really didn’t see if he was able to actually swallow it but, either way, this Crayfish had a pretty crappy morning.
Owl Watch
Sightings:
Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, Gulls, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robins, Ospreys, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, White-crowned Sparrows, Sparrows, Western Meadowlark, Cooper’s Hawk, American Kestrel, Blue Jays, Wild Turkeys
Critters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, CrayfishKINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight