Environment:
Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: Sunny.
The weather finally settled down enough to allow me back on the trail this morning. Lot’s of fishermen on the river – all of them human. The Osprey were keeping their distance. The Black-capped Chickadee posted below is responsible for today’s featured image. If I hadn’t stopped to take its picture I would have missed the Cooper’s Hawk chowing down on I don’t know what – but it seemed to be enjoying it. Both Red-tailed Hawk parents were present and accounted for – one of them pictured here while the other sat the nest. Not a lot of bird action on the Arkansas River but I did catch a Merganser couple out for a Sunday morning cruise.
Sightings:
Birds: Pied-billed Grebe, Wood Ducks, Gadwalls, Mallards, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Red-breasted Mergansers, Double Crested Cormorants, American Kestrel, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, White-crowned Sparrows, Northern Flicker, Turkey Vulture, Black-capped Chickadees, Belted Kingfisher, Mourning Dove, Dark-eyed Junco
Critters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Tree Squirrels
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
