Environment:
Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Sunny.
Going to be a hot one today. That’s what the local weather prognosticators say and I have to agree since the temperature when I drove out of Lake Pueblo State Park was twenty degrees higher than it was when I drove in two hours earlier. I guess I can thank the warm temps for today’s featured image – an Ornate Tree lizard who was sticking its head out of its favorite stump for a weather check. The bottom of this post has a cool picture of both Red-tailed Hawk expecting parents in their nest possibly looking at color swatches for the nursery. One of the hawks got a good thumping from an American Kestrel who must have a nest nearby. And the Cooper’s Hawk pictured here was hard at work hunting a more bushy area so it could build up strength for its new arrivals.
Sightings:
Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, Wood Ducks, Gadwalls, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Canyon Towhee, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Kestrel, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, White-crowned Sparrows, Northern Flicker, Turkey Vulture, Killdeer, Western Meadowlark
Critters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Cabbage White Butterfly, Tree Squirrels, Ornate Tree Lizard
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
