Environment:
Start Time: 3:05 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds.
A later afternoon outing found me on the South bank of the Arkansas River today. I switch banks on afternoon walks since that puts the Sun at my back as I walk along the river. What I don’t like is that there isn’t a good loop to walk so I have to travel the same country out and back which bothers me for some reason. Even so, I got some interesting shots in both directions. For one thing I got a new bird. Posted below is a Mountain Pipet (below) that I caught cavorting with some Killdeer along the river bank. Also posted at the bottom are shots of a Say’s Phoebe, that I thought was a Robin when I took the picture, and a Green-winged Teal. Today’s featured image is a Northern Flicker – one of my better Flicker captures. I wish this bird would give posing lessons to all the other birds in the park.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, Gulls, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneye, Say’s Phoebe, Mountain Pipet, Great Blue Heron, American Robins Critters: Prairie Dogs
Gear: Panasonic Lumix GH4, Lumix 100-300mm
Say’s Phoebe perched at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado December 11, 2021 
Mountain Pipet on the bank of the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado December 11, 2021 
Green-winged Teal on the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado December 11, 2021