Environment:
Start Time: 3:55 PM Temperature: 76 degrees Sky: Sun and increasing breeze.
Back out on the trail with the Birding gear. The only thing missing was birds. There was a pretty good breeze (wind) stirring up the remaining leaves and some dirt so maybe everyone was home watching election results. I did manage to spot a Great Horned Owl just as the Sun had disappeared behind the Wet Mountains. This is, of course, today’s featured image. The only other birds with time to be photographed are seen below with a few of the last tree-born leaves in the park.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Ring-billed Gulls, Northern Flickers, Starlings, American robins, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Horned Owl, Belted Kingfisher
Critters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
A Pied-billed Grebe enjoys a sunset swim on the Arkansas River at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado November 08, 2022 
A Northern Flicker perches in some of the last remaining Autumn leaves at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado November 08, 2022