Environment:
Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sun muted by thick haze.
Although technically a sunny morning the light throughout Rock Canyon was very soft today. I am not sure if the haze that was filtering the light was humidity or wildfire smoke but it really had an impact. I’m not complaining – I really got a good mix of birds. For example today I got my first good (not great) shot of a Green Heron – featured above. This bird was perched in a tangle of branches on the other side of the river which made getting a tack sharp focus really tough. I almost did it. Pictured here is a Lesser Goldfinch busy working on the Wild Sunflowers. The Osprey chicks are getting feisty but still in the nest and the Red-tailed Hawk Eyas was playing really hard to get. I also spotted one Great Horned Owl.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Wood Duck, Double Crested Cormorants, Green Heron, Mourning Doves, Western Kingbirds, Ospreys, Common Grackles, Northern Flickers, Blue Grosbeak, American Robins, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Goldfinch, Western Wood Pewee, Yellow Warbler, Western Meadowlark, Great Horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawks, Cooper’s Hawk
Critters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
