Environment:
Start Time: 6:10 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Mostly Sunshine with light haze.
After twelve years walking the trails in Rock Canyon I finally got a shot of a Bobcat. Bobcats are furry but my shot came out fuzzy. This critter was in a very shaded spot on a no longer maintained trail which pushed the exposure shutter speed down to 1/200 second. A hand held long lens at that speed in crap light gives you the photo I got. Maybe next time. Winning the featured image spot (at post top) is a young Mule Deer Buck sporting some still velvet covered antlers. This critter had the good sense to stand in good light. Pictured here is a Great Horned Owl giving me the side-eye. This wise bird was perched (in good light) on a fallen log with its back to the rising Sun.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Doves, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Barn Swallows, Northern Flickers, Cooper’s Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Spotted Sandpipers, Common Grackles, Green Heron (possible), Red-winged Blackbird, Great Horned Owl, Blue Jays
Critters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, Tree Squirrels, Pepsis, Bobcat, Cicada
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
