Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:00 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Common Mergansers, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Northern Flickers, Doves, Barn Swallows, American Robins, Blue Jays, Red-tailed Hawk, Common Grackles, Great Horned Owls, Wren, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 5:40 AM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Hazy sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Northern Flickers, Doves, Wild Turkeys, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Orioles, Redheaded Woodpeckers, American Robins, Yellow-breasted Chats, Red-winged blackbird, Blue Jays, Magpie, Red-tailed Hawk, Common Grackles, Belted KingfisherCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Rock Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 5:45 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: All sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Mergansers, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Northern Flickers, Doves, Wild Turkeys, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Orioles, Redheaded Woodpecker, American Robins, Yellow-breasted Chats, Red-winged blackbird, Blue Jays, possible Blue GrosbeakCritters: Mule Deer, White-tailed Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight; Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ80
Environment:Start Time: 5:50 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallard Drake, Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Doves, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Orioles, Common Grackles, American Robins, Red-tailed Hawk, Redheaded Woodpecker, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-breasted ChatCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit, Tree Squirrels, Wood Louse Gear: Nikon D5600, AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 5:40 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Clouds and sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Wood Duck, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Northern Flickers, Doves, Wild Turkeys, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Orioles, Brown-headed Cowbird, Scaled Quails, Blue Jays, American Robins, Yellow-breasted ChatCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight; Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ80
Environment:Start Time: 5:50 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Hazey sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Common Mergansers, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Blue Herons, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Northern Flickers, Doves, Turkey Vulture, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s OriolesCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 5:50 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallard Drake, Gadwalls, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Doves, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Oriole, Common Grackles, American Robins, Wild Turkeys, American Bald EagleCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Nikon D5600, AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 5:45 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Even with the sunshine it was a bit chilly out on the trail this morning. There was a lot of Starling and Dove activity (as usual) but the Osprey were also very active today. Mostly they had somewhere else to be but there was one couple who were enjoying each other – enough said. I saw a number of Osprey fishing dives but all of them were either too far away or in too dark of a spot or both. I did get the capture below of two birds gliding over…
Environment:Start Time: 5:55 AM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Doves, Blue Jays, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Orioles, Common Grackles, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Barn SwallowsCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Nikon D5600, AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 5:50 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Black-crowned Night Heron, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, American Robins, Doves, Orchard Oriole, Blue Jays, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Orioles, Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Swallows, House Wren, Say’s Phoebe, Red-tailed HawkCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Mosquitoes Gear: Nikon D5600 Nikkor 55-300mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight