Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
August 29, 2023

August 29, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Mourning Doves, Double Crested Cormorants, Black-capped Chickadees, Blue Jays, Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings, Northern Flickers, Common Grackles, Wild Turkeys, Belted Kingfisher, Western Wood Peewee, WoodpeckerCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Ornate Tree Lizard, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Critters Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
August 27, 2023

August 27, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Haze filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Mourning Doves, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Double Crested Cormorants, Black-capped Chickadees, Redheaded Woodpeckers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings, Northern Flickers, Common Grackles, Cooper’s Hawk, Gulls, Great Horned OwlCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
August 23, 2023

August 23, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Starlings, Ospreys, Woodpecker, Mourning Doves, Killdeer, Blue Jay, Yellow Warblers, American Robin, Redheaded WoodpeckersCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Pinacate Beetle, Locust Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
August 22, 2023

August 22, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Yet another low activity day out on the trail through Rock Canyon – if you don’t count bicyclists and fishermen. The Osprey were mostly either sitting around or flying around looking for a place to sit. Today’s featured image is the only Osprey I saw working on filling its belly. This one pulled his breakfast out of the water well upriver from my location but flew straight at me which allowed me to capture it and its new friend. Pictured here is a Killdeer and what Google says is…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
August 21, 2023

August 21, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Swallows, Starlings, Ospreys, Western Kingbirds, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, Cooper’s Hawk, Redheaded Woodpeckers, Blue Jays, Woodpecker, Mourning Doves, KilldeerCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Red Ants, Rock Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Sightings
August 20, 2023

August 20, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Swallows, Starlings, Ospreys, Red-winged Blackbirds, Northern Flicker, Blue Grosbeak, Belted Kingfisher, Great Horned Owl, Great Blue Heron, Yellow WarblersCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Red Ants, Rock Squirrel, yellow butterfly, Whiptail Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
August 18, 2023

August 18, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Swallows, Starlings, Ospreys, House Wren, Northern Flicker, Blue Grosbeak, Killdeers, Gulls, Great Horned Owls, Cooper’s Hawks, Redheaded Woodpecker, Yellow WarblersCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Red Ants, Pinacate Beetle Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
August 17, 2023

August 17, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 73 degrees Sky: Sun and clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Mourning Doves, Swallows, Starlings, Ospreys, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Northern Flicker, Blue Grosbeak, Red-winged Blackbird, GullCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II; Motorola Moto G Power 5G – 2023

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
August 12, 2023

August 12, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 3:15 PM Temperature: 91 degrees Sky: Mostly cloudy. No hiking today. Instead I took a driving trip to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge near Denver. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to go so I was really just taking a look around not intending on doing much photography. Maybe it was the heat but I have to say for a Wildlife Refuge there was not so much wildlife on display. Prairie Dogs were the big stars today. I also saw one bison and one doe. But I did get a new bird – the Swainson’s Hawks pictured here….

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