Environment:
Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 72 degrees Sky: Sunshine with increasing clouds.
If I’d gotten a decent photo of the Green Heron (below) that I saw this morning it would have been the featured image for today. I’ve been trying to capture this bird for a couple of months now. I finally saw it out in the open but, sadly, quite a distance away. This one could be a juvenile because it is awfully small. So the much bigger and closer Double Crested Cormorant steals the spotlight. Come on Greenie – get with the program! Pictured here is a long shot of a Red-tailed Hawk in silhouette against the early morning sky. Another long shot. I’m closing this post with a sleeping Great Horned Owl. I nearly missed this one – I guess I partially did since you can’t see the whole owl. Half a loaf, right?
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Gulls, Doves, Ospreys, Starlings, Swallows, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Common Grackles, Redheaded Woodpecker
Critters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Widow Skimmers
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
