Environment:
Start Time: 9:10 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sun and clouds.
A very busy Saturday morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. Lots of fishermen, hikers, bikers and dogs. Plenty of birds too though they all seemed to me in a hurry to get somewhere else. Except for the subject of today’s featured image – our friend the American White Pelican. It was still positioned on its favorite rock in the Arkansas River but was actively stretching and flapping those huge wings as a greeting to the morning sunshine. Pictured below is another Red-tailed Hawk taking flight – I think this may be the same bird that I shot a day or two ago. I saw one lone Double-crested Cormorant flying down river and one lone American Bald Eagle circling so high up in the sky that my camera was not able to get a focus-lock on it.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Gadwall, Pied-billed Grebe, American Coot, Buffleheads, Canada Geese, American White Pelican, Osprey, American Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flickers, Dark-eyed Juncos, American Robins, European Starlings, Belted Kingfisher, Double-crested Cormorant, American Bald Eagle
Critters: Tree Squirrel, Cabbage White Butterfly
Gear: Nikon Panasonic Lumix GH4, 100-300mm
Red-tailed Hawk in flight at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado March 26, 2022