Environment:
Start Time: 9:50 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine with NO clouds.
Back on the trail after yesterday’s detour to the Comanche National Grasslands. I have to say I am still tired from that trip. So I made today’s walk a bit shorter partly because of the afore mentioned fatigue and partly because I was out in my regular street shoes. My walking shoes got kind of wet yesterday when the tour group waded across the Purgatoire River to look at some dinosaur tracks and they (the shoes) have yet to dry out. Not much was going on today at LPSP but I did get a couple of nice frames of some Blue-winged Teals on the Arkansas River (who were not too pleased with my attention). For excitement I did manage to get a shot of a Red-tailed Hawk (pretty sure) who happened to fly by as I was finishing up my abbreviated tour. I’m hoping my shoes are dry by tomorrow morning.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Northern Flicker, Gulls, Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, Red-tailed Hawks
Critters: Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers
Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Blue-winged Teal enjoying the morning on the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado October 17, 2021 
Blue-winged Teal lift off from the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado October 17, 2021