Environment:
Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine.
I have decided to give my HSC readers a break from Ospreys today so that some of the other birds can get a little love. If you want to see today’s Osprey picture you will have to check them out on my Instagram post (jdbaok). One non-bird flier got to be the featured image today – I caught a Monarch Butterfly decorating a Wild Sunflower. There weren’t a lot of people out today (I only saw one bicycle) so several of the shyer species were out. Pictured center post are a Great Blue Heron (standing in the wrong light) and a Belted Kingfisher. At the bottom of the post is a group of five Wild Turkeys who were working late out on the prairie.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Mourning Doves, Double Crested Cormorants, Black-capped Chickadees, Blue Jays, Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings, Northern Flickers, Common Grackles, Wild Turkeys, Belted Kingfisher, Western Wood Peewee, Woodpecker
Critters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Ornate Tree Lizard, Monarch Butterfly
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
