Environment:
Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 38 degrees Sky: Sunshine and light breeze.
Slightly crisper air out on the trail this morning but still good walking weather. The Osprey were really flying around and, at one point, I could see six birds in the air without turning my head. Pictured here is one resting and possibly drying off. Below is another shot of a Cooper’s Hawk having breakfast – s/he was really back in the shadows. Today’s featured image is a couple of Red-breasted Mergansers enjoying a morning swim on the Arkansas River. For the bottom of the post there are two pretty cooperative birds both of whom were talking a lot.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Cinnamon Teals, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Kestrel, American Robin, European Starlings, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Double-crested Cormorants, Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Turkey Vultures, Blue Jays, Red-winged Blackbird, Cooper’s Hawk, Western Kingbird, Common Grackle, Red-breasted Merganser
Critters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer, Cottontail Rabbit
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Perching Red-winged Blackbird calling at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado April 18, 2022 
Perching Common Grackle at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado April 18, 2022