Environment:
Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine and a few clouds.
A faraway Great Blue Heron won today’s featured image slot by completing a pleasant Summer morning scene. He (?) was perched well off the trail but very near the Arkansas River. I guess the theme for today is perching. I found this Great Horned Owl snoozing in the shade just off the trail. Bottom post is a Blue Grosbeak finally making an appearance and a parent/child Osprey moment. The Redheaded Woodpecker pictured below was the most active bird by far, making trip after trip to deliver bugs to its one (I think) offspring still in the nest.
Sightings:
Birds: Canada Geese, Killdeer, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingbirds, Ospreys, Common Grackles, Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Blue Grosbeak, Northern Flickers, Redheaded Woodpeckers, Barn Swallows, Possible American Kestrel, Turkey Vulture, Great Horned Owl, Wren, Great Blue Heron
Critters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Prairie Dogs, Widow Skimmers, Painted Lady Butterfly
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
