Environment:
Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds.
More bright sunshine this morning made for very pleasant walking conditions. Though everyone was keeping their distance, today’s stars were mostly the smaller perching birds (mini-gallery below) along with one Whiptail Lizard – featured image above. Pictured here is the most vocal of today’s subjects – a Yellow-breasted Chat. There are a lot of Chats this year – I saw (and heard) at least four.
Buffalo Gourd in bloom at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 07, 2022
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, American Yellow Warbler, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, Swallows, Barn Swallows, House Wren, Yellow-breasted Chat, Common Grackle, Western Wood Pewee
Critters: Mule Deer, Red Ants, Whiptail Lizard
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
American Yellow Warbler perched on high at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 07, 2022 
Western Wood Pewee out on a limb at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 07, 2022 
Eastern Kingbird perching at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 07, 2022