Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 06, 2021

October 06, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Brilliant sunshine puny breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Another perfect morning for walking by the river. Not only that – a few birds decided to make their presence known. Some were a little too far away and some were fidgety as can be but I did manage to make it home with a little usable product. The toughest shot was the Black-capped Chickadee posted here. He was very busy and I feel that he was just daring me to take his picture. What I came away with isn’t…

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Landscapes Sightings Wildflowers
October 05, 2021

October 05, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine, no breeze. Great weather continues. Unfortunately so does bad birding. This could be one of my least productive days ever. The only shot I captured that was (barely) worth posting is the one below of the leaves changing beside the Anticline Fishing Pond. So for today’s featured image (above) I am posting one of the shots I got yesterday on my leaf-peeping trip to the mountains. This was shot on the dirt portion of Highway 78 between Beulah, Colorado and San Isabel. The leaves are just revving up at Lake Pueblo…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 03, 2021

October 03, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Brilliant sunshine with a healthy (but not cold) breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Double Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Gulls, Audubon’s Warbler, Killdeer, Cedar Waxwings, Black-capped ChickadeeCritters: Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Butterflies (Monarch, Orange Sulphur, Cabbage) Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 02, 2021

October 02, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Clouds and sunshine, light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Double Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, Starlings, Killdeer, Gulls, Northern Flicker, Audubon’s Warbler, Red-tailed Hawk, Blue Jays, Great Blue Heron, Belted KingfishersCritters: Prairie Dogs, Woodlouse, Monarch Butterfly, Mule Deer, Cabbage Butterfly, Tree Squirrel Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Critters Landscapes Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
September 29, 2021

September 29, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine and little breeze again. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Did I say not much was happening at Lake Pueblo State Park yesterday? I guess I misspoke. Compared to today, yesterday was an absolute festival. I know the sightings box (below) shows a number of birds out but technically most of those sightings should be referred to as nano-sightings since I only saw the birds in passing. The only bird I captured was a Sharp-shinned Hawk (posted) who was deep in the leaves making the shot rather…

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
September 28, 2021

September 28, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:25 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine and little breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Not much going on this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. I mean when the featured image is an insect (Widow Skimmer) and the other two images are a duck (Blue-winged Teal) and a tree you know things are slow. The really sad note is that I did not see a single Osprey. Looks like the season is over for sure. I did see two Great Blue Herons but they were either too far away or duplicating poses…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
September 27, 2021

September 27, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine, light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Killdeer, Gulls, Northern Flicker, Turkey Vulture, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Great Blue HeronCritters: Prairie Dogs, Woodlouse, Monarch Butterfly, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 26, 2021

September 26, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, occasional breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Killdeer, Gulls, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Turkey Vulture, Lesser Yellowlegs, Blue Jays, Common Grackles, HawkCritters: Prairie Dogs, Woodlouse, Monarch Butterfly, Orange Sulphur Butterfly, Cabbage Butterfly, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 24, 2021

September 24, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds and light breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Red-winged Blackbird, Gulls, Common Grackle, KilldeerCritters: Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Monarch Butterfly, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 23, 2021

September 23, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:25 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, healthy breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Killdeer, Gulls, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Turkey Vulture, Swallow, White-crowned Sparrow, Blue JayCritters: Prairie Dogs, Woodlouse, Monarch Butterfly, Orange Sulphur Butterfly Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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