Environment:
Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, some haze, no breeze.
Check out last year’s walk on this day!
Once again, very pleasant conditions for walking and a good variety of camera shy birds to chase. Things started out well with the sighting of a Red-tailed Hawk who was perched up high talking with another smaller bird that I can’t quite identify. A couple of insects (Goldenrod Soldier Beetles) caught my eye – featured image (above) – who also appear to be “talking” on one of the many Wild Sunflowers lining the trails. I have added a new bird to my personal list. Pictured below is a Lesser Goldfinch whom I caught also checking out the sunflowers. The big surprise for today is the image included at the bottom of this post – a Cottonwood tree on the river bank with its leaves already turning to their Autumn color. I guess Fall is coming but gee whiz!
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Mourning Doves, Starlings, Western Kingbird, Red-tailed Hawk, Lesser Goldfinch, American Kestrel, Western Wood Pewee, Yellow Warbler, Killdeer, Gull, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Belted Kingfisher
Critters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, Spotted Cucumber Beetle, Grasshopper, Tree Squirrel, Rock Squirrel
Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
