Environment:
Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunshine with light breeze.
Very low activity out by the Arkansas River this morning. For a while I thought I was going to have to resort to shooting Robins but I ended up getting a couple of breaks. The biggest one was (my) sighting of the first Bullock’s Oriole of the season. To top that off, when I was trying to take a picture it decide to change branches and I got the rather angelic vision that is today’s featured image. I also had a couple of Wrens present themselves long enough to be photographed, though the one at the bottom of this post almost jumped the gun. And, of course, I got another Osprey eating a fish. I don’t know why they can’t wait for me to get there before they go fishing.
Osprey perching with the catch of the day at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado April 30, 2022
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robin, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, White-crowned Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Wren, Bullock’s Oriole, Northern Flicker, Western Kingbird, Red-tailed Hawk, Wild Turkeys, Blue Jays, Red-winged Blackbirds, Yellow-rumped Warbler
Critters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer, White-tailed Deer
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Wren heads for the wild blue yonder at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado April 30, 2022