Environment:
Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze muted sunshine. No breeze.
Another early start and another pretty successful day despite the heavy wildfire haze that made things look nearly overcast without a cloud in the sky. Another insect shot for the featured image. This one is a Common Tan Wave Moth resting on a Western Snowberry plant. The big score of the day came with the discovery of two young owls perched way off the trail. They were tucked deep into the branches of a dead tree which made getting a clear shot of both pretty near impossible. So I have one group shot and one single portrait. There is a mini-gallery below of some of the other captures for the day.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Starlings, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, American Robins, Canada Geese, Orchard Oriole, American Kestrel, Common Grackle, Mississippi Kite, Western Wood Pewee, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Mourning Dove
Critters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Common Tan Wave Moth, Cottontail Rabbit
Gear: Lumix GH4, 100-300 mm
Osprey Perched Over the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado July 12, 2021 
Western Wood Pewee perched at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado July 12, 2021 
American Kestrel perched at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado July 12, 2021