Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 29, 2024

September 29, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:25 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Yet another beautiful early morning in Rock Canyon with nearly perfect light and temperature. Once again most of the activity was happening in, along and above the Arkansas River. Featured is one of three Osprey I saw today. It was perched in a tree just off the river with a nice looking fish in hand but didn’t seem at all interested in eating it. Perhaps he was saving it for later. A female Belted Kingfisher was actively patrolling the river with not much luck. There was also a Great Blue…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 28, 2024

September 28, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. My little canine visitor has gone home so I am back out on the trails with the big guns using both hands to shoot. Today’s outing was, in terms of bird variety, pretty lack-luster. There was only a single Osprey keeping an eye on the Arkansas River. But those were not the only eyes on the water. Featured is a female Belted Kingfisher who was also focused on getting something to eat from the free flowing river. Pictured here is a Great Blue Heron who was finished with the watching…

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
September 24, 2024

September 24, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, ducks, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, Northern Harrier, Eastern Phoebe, Belted KingfishersCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikkor 55-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
September 23, 2024

September 23, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Dense fog that eventually cleared. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, ducks, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Osprey, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Blue Jays, Red-tailed Hawk, Barn SwallowsCritters: Mule Deer, Grasshoppers Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikkor 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 20, 2024

September 20, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Pretty cloudy to start big improvement later. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Cinnamon Teals, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, Killdeer, Belted Kingfishers, Redheaded Woodpeckers, Red-winged BlackbirdsCritters: Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, millions of flying bugs Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikkor 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 19, 2024

September 19, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Today’s post showcases three of my favorite birds of prey in three different phases of their day. Featured is a Great Horned Owl calling it a day and hunkering down on a favorite perch to get some shut-eye. Here in the middle is a female Belted Kingfisher getting things going with a stakeout on the Arkansas River. And finally there is an Osprey lifting off of the river with a tight, one-handed grip on a nice looking fish for breakfast. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, ducks, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Starlings,…

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Critters Sightings Wildlife
September 18, 2024

September 18, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Sunshine. This morning I got going a little early because I wanted to see if I could catch the setting of the Harvest Moon. Today’s featured image is one of the captures – though probably not the best edit. Still you get the idea. Otherwise there was precious little activity out on the trail. My walking companion is the one who spotted the Woodhouse’s Toad pictured here. Fortunately she did not see the Whitetail Doe that is posted below. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, ducks, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 17, 2024

September 17, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, ducks, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, Killdeer, Belted Kingfishers, American Kestrel, Green HeronCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, lizard, Grasshoppers, millions of flying bugs Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikkor 55-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
September 16, 2024

September 16, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Pictured here are a couple of Double Crested Cormorants hanging on to a log in the Arkansas River. Cormorants are still pretty numerous out on the river. Great Blue Herons, too, are spending their mornings on the river. Featured is one just pulling up from an unsuccessful strike. I think the water trail is just running off the spear-like beak but It does look like it is spitting the water out. Patooee. This bird’s next shot was more successful. I’m closing out this post with a doe moving through the open…

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