Environment:
Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 32 degrees Sky: Sunshine to start then cloud filtered sunshine.
No night herons or eagles were to be found this morning. The Great Blue Herons that I saw were all perched pretty high up in the trees. I did get a less common woodpecker than usual – the Ladder-backed woodpecker pictured below. Today’s featured image is a Common Merganser hen flying low over the Arkansas River. I really like the reflection on this shot. And one Belted Kingfisher kept me entertained for a little while – bouncing between two trees and making an occasional stab at the river. I didn’t see him catch anything, though.
Sightings:
Birds: Ducks, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneyes, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Mergansers, Green-winged Teal, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Canada Geese, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Wild Turkeys, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Bushtits, Northern Flickers, Dark-eyed Juncos
Critters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs
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Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
