Environment:
Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunshine, light haze few clouds
I was greeted upon my arrival at Lake Pueblo State Park this morning with silence. When I got out of the car there was practically no sounds to be heard. Certainly no birds. It was weird. It was a little humid and the relative lack of wildfire haze really allowed the Sun’s radiant heat to bear down. Maybe this heat was keeping everyone subdued. Even though I did see a nice variety of birds I only managed a portraits and none were all that good. Today’s featured (and only) image got the nod simply because it is a rare shot that includes two different types of woodpeckers. A Northern Flicker and what is probably a Hairy Woodpecker. I’ll try again tomorrow.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Mourning Doves, Great Horned Owl, Lazuli Bunting, Blue Jays, American Robins, Starlings, Blue Grosbeak, American Kestrel
Critters: Cabbage Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Widow Skimmer, Mule Deer (with twins), Beetle, Tree Squirrel
Gear: Lumix GH4, 100-300 mm