Environment:
Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Sunny with fading fog.
The Sun finally overcame the weird fog that was everywhere this morning and allowed me to do my standard tour at Lake Pueblo State Park. I was feeling brave and took my manual focus lens to get some more practice. Generally speaking I’m pretty happy with what ended up on my camera’s memory card. Today’s featured image subject needs not introduction. The real stars of today’s post are all the bugs that I found chowing down on the Rabbitbrush that is blooming with vigor throughout the Rock Canyon area.
Poorly edited shot of a Checkered White Butterfly on Rabbitbrush at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado September 23, 2022
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Flycatcher, Barn Swallows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Osprey, Killdeer, European Starlings, American Robins, Northern Flicker, Crows
Critters: Grasshoppers, Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, Monarch Butterfly, Checkered White Butterfly, Cabbage White Butterfly
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Tokina SZX 400mm
