Environment:
Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine.
Today’s outing started with some real excitement. I had just stepped out of my car when I spotted an Osprey perched high up over the Anticline Fishing Pond. What was unusual about this scene was the two Western Kingbirds that were tag-teaming the poor Osprey and really giving him a thumping. Today’s featured image is the final pass that drove the bigger bird from its perch. After that it was a pretty routine walk along the river. A couple of critters caught my eye – a Rock Squirrel pictured here having a look around and an Ornate Tree Lizard was out enjoying the sunshine. The other candidate for featured image is posted in the mini-gallery below – an American Kestrel who did me a solid posing in the sunshine at nearly eye level.
A Yellow-breasted Chat perched and chatting at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado
Hear White-breasted Chat Call
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Redheaded Woodpecker, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, Northern Flicker, American Kestrel, Turkey Vultures, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Red-winged Blackbird, House Wren, White-breasted Nuthatch
Critters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Rock Squirrel, Ornate Tree Lizard
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
American Kestrel on the hunt at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 04, 2022 
Redheaded Woodpecker trying out a Cottonwood tree at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 04, 2022 
Wild Roses add some color to Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 04, 2022