Environment:
Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Totally Sunny.
Finally. A much needed Sun filled, cloud free morning. Maybe it was my imagination but I really thought the birds were singing louder than usual in celebration. Today’s featured image is what I believe to be family portrait of American Kestrels. If you look closely there are five of them and I’m guessing some are getting hunting lessons – they seem to have perching mastered. Pictured here is another Yellow-breasted Chat who was singing to the morning. With five Kestrels around I’m not sure that was the smartest thing to be doing. Below is one of my Barn Swallow friends sitting on its nest. I have to give them points for determination – this is the fourth nest this season. If it was me I’d try another location.
A Barn Swallow sits her nest at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 28, 2022. This is the fourth nesting attempt for these birds.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Canada Geese, Double-crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Oriole, Barn Swallows, Wren, Blue Jay, Common Grackle, American Robins, Northern Flickers, Red-winged Blackbird, American Kestrel, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow Warbler
Critters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterfly, Cottontail Rabbit
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Northern Flicker having a look-see at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 28, 2022 
Female Red-winged Blackbird out and about at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 28, 2022 
Bullock’s Oriole singing at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 28, 2022