Environment:
Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunshine.
The local weather forecasters are saying it will be even hotter today than it was yesterday though this morning started out two degrees cooler. That didn’t last long. I think most of the birds were hunkered down because activity was low. I did manage to see the Cooper’s Hawk youngsters and had better luck capturing a decent image. They don’t make it easy. Today’s featured image is (Google says) a Western Spotted Orbweaver spider. Otherwise it was mostly the usual suspects out on the trail. My owls were not on what I was going to start calling the Owl Tree – glad I didn’t order that plaque.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Starlings, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Orchard Oriole, Common Grackle, American Robins, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawks, Mississippi Kite, Red-winged Blackbirds, Killdeer, American Kestrels
Critters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Widow Skimmer, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Pinacate Beetle
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
