Environment:
Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sunshine with varying breeze
I think we are done with the rain for awhile. Not that I’m not grateful for the much needed moisture – I just wish we weren’t getting it all in one shot. Today was another walk a little, avoid another puddle, walk some more kind of outing. Along with the rain comes some very high water in the Arkansas River. So high, in fact, that I saw no waterfowl out in the river proper. Even the Great Blue Heron pictured here was spending its time at the fishing pond. Today’s featured image is another Osprey with fish shot – I always manage to miss the real action.
My favorite Mule Deer doe, whom I have named Notch because of her left ear, at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado May 25, 2022
Sightings:
Birds: Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Violet-green Swallows, Cooper’s Hawk, Bullock’s Oriole, Blue Jay, Northern Flicker, Wren, Great Blue Heron
Critters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Bullock’s Oriole perching at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado May 25, 2022 
Violet-green Swallow resting on the bank of the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado May 25, 2022 
An American Robin taking in some Sun at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado May 25, 2022