Environment:
Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 25 degrees Sky: Sunshine.
Another frosty morning for today’s outing. The cold actually made me want to stay closer to my car so I was out for a little shorter time than usual and didn’t cover as much ground. But I found a few raptor buddies willing to pose for me, though at a distance. Featured is a Cooper’s Hawk who was soaking up the rising sunshine just like the American Kestrel pictured here. I did see a Red-tailed Hawk who was not feeling like being on the Internet today. There wasn’t a lot going on on the Arkansas River this morning. But there were several American Coots out there sampling what was available. I did hear a couple of Great Horned Owls having a conversation but I did not see them at all.
Sightings:
Birds: Ducks, American Coots, Mergansers, Hooded Merganser, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfishers, Starlings, American Kestrel, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flicker, Crows, Sparrows
Critters: Prairie Dogs
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Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight