Environment:
Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Mostly Sunny.
It took a little while but the Sun finally took command of the morning sky. The highlight of today’s walk has to be two of the photos in the mini-gallery at the bottom of this post – the Cooper’s Hawk and the Mississippi Kite. Both of these raptors have been playing hard to get lately. Pictured here is a Common Merganser making good use of the Arkansas River. Today’s featured image (above) is a cute shot of three Canada Goose goslings huddled together in the shadow of an adult for protection from the bright morning sunshine. That’s good parenting.
A pair of European Starlings switch positions at the nest at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 15, 2022 
Cabbage White Butterfly hanging on at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 15, 2022
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, Osprey, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, Swallows, Barn Swallows, House Wren, Common Merganser, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-winged Blackbirds, Mississippi Kite, American Kestrel
Critters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterfly
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Mississippi Kite watches from above at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 15, 2022 
Cooper’s Hawk lurks in the trees at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 15, 2022 
A Blue Jay hops from branch to branch in the morning light at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 15, 2022