Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 38 degrees Sky: Dominate cloud cover – some sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Common Sandpiper, Gulls, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Dark-eyed JuncosCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer Gear: Panasonic Lumix GH4, Olympus Digital Zuiko 15-54mm
Quick (and late) post. I went out to Lake Pueblo State Park around 4 PM in hopes of catching a cool November sunset. As you can tell from the featured image (above) it was worth the trip. I also took a quick portrait of Liberty Point as I was going to the lake. Enjoy.
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Environment:Start Time: 8:45 AM Temperature: 44 degrees Sky: Sunshine with high, thin clouds Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Canada Geese, American White Pelican, Pied-billed Grebe, Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, American Coot, American Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flickers, Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Hooded Merganser, Crow, American Kestrel, American RobinCritters: Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds and light breeze Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Canada Geese, American White Pelican, Pied-billed Grebe, Goldeneye, Buffleheads, American Coot, American Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Juncos, Northern Flicker, Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Mourning DoveCritters: Tree Squirrel Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 2:40 PM Temperature: 41 degrees Sky: Sunshine and puffy clouds and breeze Sightings:Birds: Goldeneyes, Mallards, Gulls, American Coot, Canada Geese, Dark-eyed Juncos, American White Pelican, Belted Kingfisher, Red-tailed Hawk, Pied-billed Grebe, American Kestrel, Hairy WoodpeckerCritters: Tree Squirrels Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm; KolariVision Lumix LS100
Environment:Start Time: 3:20 PM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Mornings remain quite chilly so I’m sticking to later afternoon walks. Not to say that these afternoons are wildly toasty. When I walk in the mornings I often start out dressed warmly and end my walk quite overheated. Now days I start out dressed lightly and as the Sun sinks I get less and less comfortable. Other than that ,things are not changing much day to day. I keep hoping to run across an Egret or an Eagle or something else more exciting than Mallards. Today’s featured image is…
Stunning sunset shot November 30, 2021 at Lake Pueblo State Park in Colorado. Lake Pueblo is in the foreground with the Wet Mountains bringing up the rear.
Environment:Start Time: 3:25 PM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Gulls, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robin, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned Sparrow, Sparrows, Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chickadee, Belted KingfisherCritters: Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine, little breeze As colder morning temperatures start to make their appearances in the Autumn I change my walking schedule to put me at Lake Pueblo State Park in the late afternoon. This is what happened today and, all in all, things went pretty well. On my way into the park I was struck by the late afternoon light that was falling onto Liberty Point so I pulled over and took one of the landscapes posted below. After that I continued on to my walk where I saw quite a…