Environment:
Start Time: 6:20 AM Temperature: 37 degrees Sky: Sunny.
Everything was calm this morning pretty much everywhere. The baby owls were poking around the nest while Mom sat on a ledge trying to sleep. What I believe to be the Red-tailed Hawk nest was unattended. I did capture an adult Cooper’s Hawk looking around the area where they have nested over the past two or three seasons. Maybe there is a nest over there again. Featured is a group of Mule Deer approaching the Arkansas River. They eventually made a crossing and continued on their way. I saw one Osprey make a couple of fishing attempts on the Anticline Fishing Pond but it came up empty taloned both times. Those Osprey collecting nesting materials were having better luck.
Owl Watch
Sightings:
Birds: American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Wood Ducks, Red-breasted Merganser, Great Horned Owls, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, American Robins, Northern Flickers, Doves, Wild Turkeys, Cooper’s Hawk, White-crowned Sparrows, Common Grackle, Western Meadowlarks, Swallows, Blue Jay, Great Blue Heron, American Kestrels
Critters: Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer
KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
