Environment:
Start Time: 8:45 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Sunshine.
To celebrate the first full day of Winter I came home with a collection of long shots. Featured is a Killdeer in flight over the Arkansas River. pictured here is a Cooper’s Hawk (most of it, anyway) perched well off the trail and almost hidden by a tangle of bare branches. This was the best angle I could achieve before it flew off. At bottom is a male Belted Kingfisher who miraculously flew past me right after snagging a small fish from the river. You can still see water droplets being blown off its wings.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, House Wren, Belted Kingfishers, American Kestrels, Wild Turkeys, Killdeer, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned Sparrows, Cooper’s Hawk, Raven
Critters: Mule Deer
Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S 55-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
