Environment:
Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 68 degrees Sky: Sun with clouds. Light breeze.
Absolutely one of the best mornings of the Summer is what I got this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. The wildfire haze was limited enough to allow clouds in the sky to be discerned and the sky itself had a decidedly bluish tint. Today’s featured image (above) is proof of the blue sky with a pair of American Kestrels checking out the scenery from on high. I got a nice shot of a Great Horned Owl but I am struck by how wintry the image looks after editing. Really, I shot this one today! I also got to shoot what I believe to be one of the juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawks that I’ve been seeing over the past week or so. He was steadily calling – for whom I do not know – but that is how I was able to find him in an otherwise perfect hiding place.
Click here to see last year’s August 13 post!
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Swallows, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Common Grackle, Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbirds, Blue Grosbeak, Great Horned Owl, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Gull, Solitary Sandpiper, American Kestrel
Critters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Widow Skimmer
Gear: Lumix GH4, 100-300 mm
Sharp-shinned Hawk perched at Lake Pueblo State Park in Colorado August 13, 2021 
Sharp-shinned Hawk perched at Lake Pueblo State Park in Colorado August 13, 2021