Environment:
Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine.
The Kestrel family (meaner but not as musical as the Partridge Family) were still on station this morning. The first picture below is the three young ones who mostly seem to stay perched and occasionally flap their wings. An adult would zoom in every now and then with food. Then once one of the juveniles claimed the delivery the adult would fly off for more – second picture below. The picture that should be seen between these pictures is today’s featured image, above. The adult was just arriving when it took a pretty hard hit from a Western Kingbird. Mom (or Dad) shook it off and finished the delivery. I have a lot of respect for that Kingbird blasting into a large group of Kestrels like that. I also managed to capture a Great Horned Owl pictured in the mini-gallery at the bottom of this post.
Juvenile American Kestrels alert at the sight of an incoming adult at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 29, 2022 
Juvenile American Kestrels watch adult leave after dropping off a treat at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 29, 2022
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Canada Geese, Double-crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Oriole, Swallows, Barn Swallow, Bullock’s Oriole, House Wren, Common Grackle, Great Blue Herons, American Kestrels, Great Horned Owls, Red-winged Blackbirds, American Robins
Critters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Prairie Dog, Mule Deer
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Great Horned Owl perching in the morning sunshine at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 29, 2022 
Great Horned Owl keeping a close eye on me at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado June 29, 2022