Environment:
Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunny with light breeze.
Today’s weather took a favorable turn today with fewer clouds and way less wind than earlier days of this week. This welcome change in the weather brought me and a good number of my bird buddies out to Lake Pueblo State Park. Today’s featured image is a Great Horned Owl who was kind of annoyed with me (can you tell by the look I’m getting?) Pictured here is a long shot of a Great Blue Heron that seemed to be enjoying the sunset and (below) a Cooper’s Hawk who was getting down to rustling up some grub. The two Pied-billed Grebes at the bottom of this post are my favorite shots of the outing. These two were feeding in the Arkansas River very close to the bank where I was walking. They didn’t seem to even notice me which is why I got such great close up shots.
A juvenile Cooper’s Hawk on the hunt at Lake Pueblo State Park in Colorado January 12, 2022
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Merganser, Gulls, Pied-billed Grebe, Northern Flicker, Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, American Robins, Red-tailed Hawk, Hairy Woodpecker, Great Horned Owl, Great Blue Heron, Cooper’s Hawk, American Kestrel
Critters: Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
A Pied-billed Grebe feeding on the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado January 12, 2023 
A Pied-billed Grebe feeding on the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado January 12, 2023