Environment:
Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunny.
A Mallard Hen won the featured image slot up top because she was flying in focus. I got a good shot of her wing detail, too. pictured here is an Osprey who kept me pinned down for quite a while waiting for it to make a stab at the river. But all it wanted to do was study the current so I headed on downriver. Also along the river were a couple of Belted Kingfishers perching in the foliage. They didn’t hang around long after I showed up. No owls were visible today and the Red-tailed Eyas was still standing in the nest. I’m not posting the shots I get because they are pretty soft and blurry. I only have one “clear” angle and it is pretty far away. I just hope I can get a shot of it flying.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallard Duck, Canada Geese, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Doves, Barn Swallows, Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Northern Flickers, Great Blue Herons, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Western Meadowlark, Blue Grosbeak, Belted Kingfishers, Bushtits, Spotted Sandpipers
Critters: Mule Deer, mosquitoes, Cabbage White Butterflies, grasshoppers, Rock Squirrel, Cottontail Rabbits
KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
