Environment:
Start Time: 8:45 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Bright Sunshine.
Much calmer weather this morning allowed me to spend a little more time with my subjects. The cormorants were very active – flying around, vocalizing and setting down in the Anticline Fishing Pond. One of the perched birds is today’s featured image. I think I have read that the tufted feathers on this bird’s head indicate a breeding adult. I caught a Great Blue Heron strutting along the Arkansas River and a Red-winged Blackbird announcing its presence high up in the trees. I have located a Cooper’s Hawk nest so I’m sure there will be a lot more photos to come – with luck maybe some hawklets.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebe, Osprey, Red-winged Blackbird, American Kestrel, Cooper’s Hawk, American Robin, Turkey Vultures, European Starlings, swallows, Mourning Doves, Double-crested Cormorants
Critters: Tree Squirrels
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
