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December 31, 2022

December 31, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 11:15 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunny with occasional breeze. With the Bald Eagles back on the scene I headed out early to Lake Pueblo State Park with visions of ending 2022 on a grand scale with dozens of captures of the mighty raptor. Nope. There wasn’t much bird activity at all except for one White-breasted Nuthatch who did not have time to pose. Today’s featured image of a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk was shot today but not on my walk. I spotted him early this morning in my backyard keeping a close eye on my bird feeder –…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 29, 2022

December 29, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 3:20 PM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunny with wavering breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Gulls, American Coots, Red-breasted Merganser, Northern Flicker, Northern Shrike, Dark-eyed Juncos, American Robins, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Blue Heron, American Bald Eagle, Cooper’s Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, European Starling, Pied-billed GrebeCritters: None Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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December 22, 2021 Re-post

December 22, 2021 Re-post

Life threatening cold is keeping me off the trail. Here is a rerun of last year’s walk – quite a contrast of temperatures! Environment:Start Time: 3:35 PM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Cloud-filtered sunshine Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robin, White-crowned Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Red-tailed Hawk, Merlin(?), Sharp-shinned Hawk, Great Blue HeronCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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December 11, 2021 Re-post

December 11, 2021 Re-post

Environment:Start Time: 3:05 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds. A later afternoon outing found me on the South bank of the Arkansas River today. I switch banks on afternoon walks since that puts the Sun at my back as I walk along the river. What I don’t like is that there isn’t a good loop to walk so I have to travel the same country out and back which bothers me for some reason. Even so, I got some interesting shots in both directions. For one thing I got a new bird. Posted below is a Mountain Pipet…

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December 09, 2021 Re-post

December 09, 2021 Re-post

I continue to make progress recovery-wise. I think I am virus clear buy am remaining in isolation for safety’s sake. Here is a look back at what was happening last year. Environment:Start Time: 9:05 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. Pleasantly warm temperature lured me back to the morning shift and my regular route today. A pretty nice selection of avian subjects were around though not many who were interested in being posted on the Internet today. Today’s featured image (above) is a Killdeer who I surprised on the river bank before he could hide. Below is…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 05, 2020 Re-post

December 05, 2020 Re-post

I’m into day seven of my ten day Isolation sentence – starting to feel a lot better. Once again a retro-post with some pretty cool Kingfisher shots form this day in 2020. Environment:Start Time: 11:30 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Sunny, no clouds, light breeze Spectacular weather continues. I’m not sure why the birds are making themselves so scarce. Maybe the continued presence of Red-Tails and Kestrels has something to do with it – not sure. That is not to say that today’s photo efforts went unrewarded. I managed to spot a male Belted Kingfisher perched along the Arkansas River…

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