Environment:
Start Time: 10:00 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunshine filtered by high clouds, intermittent breeze

Dark-Eyed Junco at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado

This is the first day of Winter but you wouldn’t know it by standing at the Anticline Fishing Pond at Lake Pueblo State Park. Snowshoes not required. The pond, which has been frozen over, is starting to thaw but not enough to attract any water fowl back to its calm water. Today’s featured image (above) is a “scenic” shot from the trail along the banks of the Arkansas River. Still some leaves hanging on despite yesterdays buffeting wind. As for birds, they were more plentiful than yesterday and generally more cooperative than usual. None of the big birds were out but I got decent shots of a Dark-Eyed Junco and a Yellow-Rumped Warbler so I really can’t complain.

Sightings:
Birds: Mallard Ducks, Canada Geese, Common Goldeneye Ducks, Gadwall Ducks, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Dark-Eyed Juncos, hawk
Critters: Mule Deer

Gear: Lumix GH4, 45-150mm

Yellow-Rumped Warbler at Lake Pueblo State Park in Colorado
Yellow-Rumped Warbler at Lake Pueblo State Park in Colorado December 21, 2020

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