Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
June 10, 2023

June 10, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Things remain on the mellow side at Lake Pueblo State Park. The high water on the Arkansas River seems to have a calming effect. Below is a scenic shot that kind of sums up the morning. Great conditions but not a lot of motivation. The two goslings featured up top were out with a pretty good gathering of their kind. Three sets of adults – one set with four kiddos and each of the other two with only one. We were all on a narrow stretch of the trail and…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 09, 2023

June 09, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Duck, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingbirds, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Western Kingbird, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Bullock’s Oriole, Great Blue Heron, Common Grackle, American Kestrel, Wrens, Red-winged Blackbirds, Wild Turkey, Northern FlickerCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 08, 2023

June 08, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Kind of a ho-hum day out on the trail. If I wanted to shoot Starlings and Morning Doves this would have been a wildly successful day. The high point of the walk was spotting the Wild Turkey (below) way off in the distance and I’m glad I took the shot so I had something to post. The spider’s web at the bottom of the post isn’t what I would call high art but the light was pretty cool so I fired. The featured image is the only bird that…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 07, 2023

June 07, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingbirds, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawk, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Oriole, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Great Blue Heron, Common Grackle, American Kestrel, WrensCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Cabbage White Butterflies Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
June 06, 2023

June 06, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:35 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine with a few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallard, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Western Kingbirds, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawk, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Blue Jays, Northern Flickers, Bullock’s Oriole, Yellow-breasted Chat, WrensCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Rodent (not a rabbit, rat or mouse) Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
June 02, 2023

June 02, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Competing sunshine and clouds. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Mallard, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Western Kingbirds, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawk, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Blue Jays, Northern FlickersCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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