Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 28 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, Belted Kingfisher, Hooded Mergansers, Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed HawkCritters: Mule Deer Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 23 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Bufflehead, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, Wild Turkeys, Belted Kingfisher, American Robins, Great Blue HeronsCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 33 degrees Sky: Sunshine. The streak of great weather continues with another brilliantly sunny morning. Today’s images are a little bit different, though. Featured today (mostly due to his sheer magnificence) is a Mule Deer Buck who casually crossed the Arkansas River right in front of me. Pictured here is what both Google and the Cornell Lab’s Merlin phone app identify as a Wilson’s Snipe. This is definitely a new bird for me. According to Merlin the bird is uncommon in this area. There were two of them in a shallow spot on the Arkansas…
Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 32 degrees Sky: Sunshine. A truly beautiful morning greeted me as I arrived at my normal parking spot by the Anticline Fishing Pond. The freezing temperature was nicely mitigated by the radiant heat from the Sun. Most of the birding action was to be had in or around bodies of water. Featured is a male Belted Kingfisher making a stab at the Arkansas River. The only shot I got of his entrance into the water was a splash. I could not tell if the dive was successful or not. Also on the Arkansas River were…