Environment:
Start Time: 9:05 AM Temperature: 37 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine.
Things are picking up out on the trail at Lake Pueblo State Park. The Winter ducks are coming back in force – two examples are today’s featured image. A Barrow’s Goldeneye drake and a Red-breasted Merganser drake got close enough to share the frame. These two duck types are not super common here – event in Winter – but there were quite a few Red-breasted Mergansers working the Arkansas River. There were a couple of Belted Kingfishers (a male and a female) chittering up and down the river. Pictured here is the female. I saw four Great Blue Herons today – none of them on the river. I guess this was a great morning to just perch in the sunshine.
Sightings:
Birds: Ducks, Common Goldeneyes, Barrow’s Goldeneyes, Mallards, Hooded Mergansers, Red-breasted Mergansers, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Gulls, American Kestrels, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Blue Herons, Crows, Belted Kingfishers, White-crowned Sparrows, Blue Jays, woodpecker
Critters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel
KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
