Environment:
Start Time: 10:50 AM Temperature: 47 degrees Sky: Overcast with a light breeze
A long lasting miserable pattern of wet/cold weather is finally starting to move out of the area. Not a minute too soon, either. I had to wait a little longer than usual for the temperature to hit tolerable levels (and I was hoping for the Sun to break out) but I did make it out to Lake Pueblo State Park for a long walk. The stars of today’s post are the hundreds of Swallows – Violet-green and Barn – that were swarming over the Arkansas River. I really tried to get a good shot of one flying but the best I got is presented as today’s featured image – and it was an accident. But the little guys do get tired and I got many captures of them perching along the river. Posted below are more Swallows as well as a Mourning Dove and one of this year’s crop of fresh Canada Geese. Not pictured here is the Coyote I spotted jogging down Highway 96 on my way home. Pretty good trip.
Sightings:
Birds: Canada Geese, Osprey, Starlings, Robins, Cormorants, Blue Jays, Mallards, American Coot, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Mourning Dove, Violet-green Swallows, Barn Swallows, Blue-winged Teals, Red-winged Blackbird, Turkey Vultures
Critters: Prairie Dogs, Ornate Tree Lizard, Cabbage Butterfly, Garter Snake, Coyote
Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Mourning Dove at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado May 12, 2021 
Violet Green Swallows at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado May 12, 2021 
Canada Goose Gosling at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado May 12, 2021