Environment:
Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 26 degrees Sky: Sunshine with mitigating clouds.
Things were a little more active this morning out on the trail. I just missed shots of a coyote and an eagle according to reports from fellow trail regulars. So it goes. I did get a crack at some Winter ducks – below is a Bufflehead hen and the featured image, in observance of Valentine’s Day, is a Green-winged Teal couple having breakfast together on the Arkansas River. On the sexier side I got a nice, though impatient, Red-tailed Hawk and an equally impatient Great Blue Heron – both of whom abandoned their perches shortly after I arrived on the scene. By my calculations we are just about one month away from Osprey Season!
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Green-winged Teal, Gadwalls, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Red-breasted Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Buffleheads, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, White-crowned Sparrows, Woodpecker, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Wild Turkeys, Red-tailed Hawk, White-breasted Nuthatch, Dark-eyed Juncos
Critters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs
KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
