Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Fading sunshine due to increasing clouds, not much breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, Gulls, Turkey VultureCritters: Prairie Dogs Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, healthy breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Killdeer, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Gulls, Great Horned OwlCritters: Prairie Dogs, Woodlouse, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 47 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, no breeze. Autumn’s crisp air very much present this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. I don’t know if that was keeping all the birds snuggled in their beds but they were generally missing in action on the trail and in the air. So today’s featured image goes to a perched Osprey – the bird I got closest to today. Below is a rather disappointing image of two Blue Jays whom I caught scampering through the trees right at the end of my walk. I’m hoping that the migrating…
Environment:Start Time: 8:45 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, moderate breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Common Grackle, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, Red-winged Blackbirds, Mourning Doves, Blue jays, Turkey Vultures, Western KingbirdCritters: Prairie Dogs, Monarch Butterfly, Cabbage Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Woodlouse, Dragonflies Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, unpredictable breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Not much action again this morning. I’m seeing fewer and fewer Ospreys. Same thing for Cormorants. I think folks are headed South. One of the few Osprey that I did see won the honor of being the featured image. It was flying around hauling a huge tangle of river gunk. I didn’t see a fish in there at all. I’m not sure if he was hauling it on purpose or if the load was tangled around its feet. I…
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, light fog, very slight breeze. Wonderfully brisk air welcomed me to Lake Pueblo State Park this morning. Ideal walking conditions. Once again the birdies were playing hard to get. Those showing themselves at all were just the usual suspects – no one exotic. I’m still very glad I was out there today with my camera because I finally captured an image that I have long been wanting. Today’s featured image (above) is that of an Osprey flying off while shaking off the water from its feathers after making a…
Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, light haze, welcome breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Rouen Duck, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Mourning Dove, Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Red-winged Blackbird, Great Blue Heron, Common GracklesCritters: Prairie Dogs, Monarch Butterfly, Tree Squirrels Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, light haze, very slight breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Common Grackle, Great Blue Heron, Violet-green Swallows, House Wren, Killdeer, Gulls, American KestrelCritters: Prairie Dogs, Orange Sulphur Butterfly, Cabbage Butterfly, Common Darter (dragonfly) Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 72 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, some haze, moderate/heavy breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Northern Flicker, Mourning Dove, Blue Jays, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Belted Kingfisher, American KestrelCritters: Prairie Dogs, Woodlouse, Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunshine, high thin clouds, moderate haze, slight breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Common Grackle, Great Blue Heron, Swallows, Black-capped Chickadee, House Wren, Killdeer, Blue Jays, Red-tailed Hawk, Blue-winged Teal, Gulls, Belted KingfisherCritters: Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm