Environment:
Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunny.
All quiet this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. Even though the temperature was one degree warmer than yesterday when I started it seemed around three degrees colder. Maybe that was the reason so few birds were out and about. Today’s featured image is a couple of Killdeer who were prowling the bank of the Arkansas River. There were actually three of them but I never could get them all in one shot. I saw no Cormorants and no Osprey which I am taking as a sign of the times. Another sign is the arrival of Gadwall Ducks (below) which, I hope, means the Goldeneye and Buffleheads will not be far behind.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, European Starlings, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, American Robins, White-crowned Sparrows, Sparrows, pied-billed Grebe, Killdeer, American Kestrel, Northern Flickers
Critters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Tree Squirrels
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
More seasonal ducks are returning to the Arkansas River – here are two Gadwall Ducks at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado October 18, 2022