Environment:
Start Time: 9:00 AM Temperature: 34 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine.
Another chilly morning in Rock Canyon. Featured today is a male Belted Kingfisher who was working hard at finding a meal on the Arkansas River and I caught him with the goods in his beak. Then I saw, on a distant branch, what I thought was another juvenile American Bald Eagle but on closer inspection it turned out to be a Red-tailed Hawk. Still a welcome sight. With Winter just a few days away I’m hoping we get a lot more ducks stopping by for the season. Still haven’t seen a Coot – besides myself.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Mergansers, Gulls, Northern Flicker, Great Blue Heron, Canada Geese, Wild Turkeys, Belted Kingfisher, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Dark-eyed Junco
Critters: Prairie Dogs
Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S 55-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight