March 04, 2022
Environment:Start Time: 2:45 PM Temperature: 67 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds – weather closing in. Quickly deteriorating weather greeted me this afternoon. I didn’t do a morning walk because of pretty heavy cloud cover. The Sun finally popped out and burned off those clouds but by the time I started my walk clouds were building back in from the West. I don’t know if the birds at the park had already hunkered down ahead of the coming change in climate but they were noticeably not present. I did catch a European Starling checking out a hole in a tree in…
March 03, 2022
Environment:Start Time: 8:45 AM Temperature: 44 degrees Sky: Sunshine with high, thin clouds Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Canada Geese, American White Pelican, Pied-billed Grebe, Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, American Coot, American Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flickers, Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Hooded Merganser, Crow, American Kestrel, American RobinCritters: Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
March 02, 2022
Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds and light breeze Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Canada Geese, American White Pelican, Pied-billed Grebe, Goldeneye, Buffleheads, American Coot, American Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Juncos, Northern Flicker, Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Mourning DoveCritters: Tree Squirrel Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
March 01, 2022
Environment:Start Time: 2:45 PM Temperature: 68 degrees Sky: Sunshine I’m starting to wonder if the current warm temperatures are driving the birds off in search of a place to cool off. Things were pretty quiet at LPSP this afternoon. I was hoping to find some smaller, cooperative birds to test out my vintage Olympus E-1 camera with its flash attachment. This rig requires me to get pretty close to my subject but I got no volunteers today. So today’s featured image is a late Winter image of whats left of last Summer’s sunflowers with the Arkansas River shimmering in the…