Environment:
Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine.
Things remain on the mellow side at Lake Pueblo State Park. The high water on the Arkansas River seems to have a calming effect. Below is a scenic shot that kind of sums up the morning. Great conditions but not a lot of motivation. The two goslings featured up top were out with a pretty good gathering of their kind. Three sets of adults – one set with four kiddos and each of the other two with only one. We were all on a narrow stretch of the trail and I had to play it really cool to get past them without becoming goose chow. For added color I spotted a nice clump of Colorado Four O’Clock flowers blooming on my way home.
Sightings:
Birds: Wood Duck, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbird, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Barn Swallows, Orioles, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, American Kestrel, Wrens, Northern Flicker
Critters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Cabbage White Butterflies, Ornate Tree Lizard, Prairie Dog
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm; Canon Powershot G12
