Environment:
Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Unabated sunshine with light breeze
You couldn’t order a nicer day than was available this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. I managed to come home with some interesting (though not prize winning) bird photos after a little effort. As you can tell from the image gallery below the birdies were not making it easy for me – they were either perched well off the trail or well into the tree-cover or both. The Redheaded Woodpecker posted here was also very far away and I only tried the shot because he was in good light. Several Osprey were flying about but apparently they were not hungry – no fishing action today. Today’s featured image is a Mallard Duck couple enjoying the Arkansas River. Don’t know if they have young ones or not – if so, they must have hired a duckling sitter.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Starlings, Osprey, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Mourning Doves, American Bushtit, Cormorants, Redheaded Woodpecker, Bullock’s Oriole, Northern Flicker, Flycatcher, Red-winged Blackbird, Great Horned Owl, Eastern Kingbird
Critters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Squirrel, Mule Deer, Butterfly (redish)
Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
American Bushtit perched at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 25, 2021 
Flycatcher of an undetermined variety at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 25, 2021 
Bullock’s Oriole perched at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 25, 2021