Environment:
Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunshine with a light breeze
Yet another terrific morning for walking. Things are really starting to perk up at Lake Pueblo State Park. Today I got positive sightings of a couple of Bullock’s Orioles and quite a few Western Kingbirds (one posted here). Today’s featured image (above) is an Ornate Tree Lizard that I caught sunning himself on a tree stump near the Arkansas River. A couple of Osprey were flying all over the place chirping their heads off and Canada Geese were out walking around with a number of pretty fresh goslings in tow. I saw one eye of the Great Horned Owlet. Pictured in the gallery below is a Northern Flicker, a couple of Double Crested Cormorants having an animated discussion and what I believe to be a bloom of California Evening Primrose. It is good to see flowers making a comeback at last.
Sightings:
Birds: Canada Geese, Osprey, Starlings, Robins, Cormorants, Gadwalls, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Blue Jays, Redhead Ducks, Wood Ducks, Mallards, Wren, Great Horned Owl, American Coot, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Western Kingbird, Bullock’s Oriole, Bewick’s Wren, White-crowned Sparrows, Woodpecker, Flicker, Red-winged Blackbird
Critters: Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit, Ornate Tree Lizard
Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Northern Flicker perched at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado May 6, 2021 
Double Crested Cormorants perched over the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado May 6, 2021 
Evening Primrose at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado May 6, 2021