Environment:
Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunshine, light haze no clouds
Not a lot going on this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. With no breeze to speak of it was a little on the warm side but the fire haze was minimal and some of my feathered friends were feeling like being photographed. Nothing real spectacular happened though I did return to the area where I got that Lazuli Bunting yesterday and got another crack at him. I think today’s effort beats yesterday’s but still not featured image material. For that I have posted (above) what I believe to be a juvenile Common Grackle checking out the bank of the Arkansas River. Other appearances were made by a Western Wood Pewee, a Great Horned Owl, a Northern Flicker and my old friend the Mississippi Kite.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Double Crested Cormorants, Eastern Kingbird, Canada Geese, Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owl, Redheaded Woodpecker, Lazuli Bunting, Common Grackles, Western Wood Pewee, Great Blue Heron, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Mississippi Kite, Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jays, American Robins, Starlings
Critters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Widow Skimmer, Mule Deer (with twins), Stink Beetle
Gear: Lumix GH4, 100-300 mm
Northern Flicker clinging at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado July 27, 2021 
Mississippi Kite perched at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado July 27, 2021 
Lazuli Bunting perched at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado July 27, 2021