Environment:
Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunshine.
Perfect morning. The temperature was only a couple of degrees higher than yesterday but it seemed much warmer owing to the complete lack of moving air. The Osprey were very active today – I caught one making a dive for some breakfast (below) and I saw another one picking sticks off the tops of trees. A Black-capped Chickadee stopped to serenade me for a while. Today’s featured image is a Mule Deer doe who was browsing near the Arkansas River and keeping a close eye on me. I think I have located an actual Wood Duck nest and caught mamma duck checking in.
Osprey commits to a strike on the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado April 26, 2022
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robin, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, White-crowned Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Turkey Vultures, Violet-green Swallows, Great Blue Heron, Black-capped Chickadee, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Northern Flicker
Critters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Wood Duck hen sitting at her nest at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado April 26, 2022 
White-crowned Sparrow searching for Spring at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado April 26, 2022