Environment:
Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Eventually sunshine.
Lots more bird activity today combined with a nice variety of birds (check the Sightings Box below) made for a very enjoyable and productive walk this morning. Pictured here is a Dark-eyed Junco making a late Winter appearance. I did spot an adult Cooper’s Hawk working the open area in the fire damaged area West of the Osprey Picnic grounds. I got some nice perched shots but a slightly less sharp image of a takeoff really tells a better story. There were a lot of Blue Jays and some Eastern Bluebirds to add color to the morning. Featured is a White-breasted Nuthatch who was hard at work completely ignoring gravity.
Sightings:
Birds: Canada Geese, Gadwalls, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneye, Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, Gulls, Starlings, Great Horned Owl, Wild Turkeys, Blue Jays, White-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Flickers, Downy Woodpeckers, Dark-eyed Juncos, Belted Kingfisher, Eastern Bluebirds, Mountain Bluebird, Red-winged Blackbird, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Coots
Critters: Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies
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Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
