Environment:
Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 37 degrees Sky: Sunshine and pesky breeze.
Clouds and wind are being forecast for later today so I made an effort to get on the trail as early as possible. Walking (and shooting) conditions would have been ideal if it hadn’t been for the biting breeze that refused to go away. Today’s featured image (above) is a couple of Wood Ducks who, I guess, were looking everywhere for that perfect nesting site. I wish these two could give posing lessons to all the other birds in the park. Posted here is another portrait of a Cooper’s Hawk – probably the same bird as I posted Monday. And I got a New Bird as seen below – a Cinnamon Teal. The mini-gallery posted below are shots of an Osprey who would not wait for me to get a clear shot before it made its strike on the Arkansas River. So I ended up with some poor shots of him/her passing by with the proceeds of its efforts. I couldn’t decide which picture was “best” so I posted both.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Pied-billed Grebe, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Kestrel, American Robin, European Starlings, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Double-crested Cormorants, Sparrows, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Cinnamon Teal, Turkey Vulture, Mourning Doves
Critters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Osprey flying away with a new friend at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado April 13, 2022 
Osprey passing by with its catch at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado April 13, 2022