Environment:
Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine.
Bird photography continues to be a challenge at Lake Pueblo State Park. I guess we are in a sort of lull between the Summer bird’s exit and the Winter bird’s arrival. Not all of the Summer gang is gone yet – today I saw two Ospreys and quite a few Cormorants. And the year-round birds are a bit more present right now with Red-tailed Hawks, Hairy Woodpeckers, Northern Flickers and Great Blue Herons turning up more often. Pictured here is one of a group of three or so Hairy Woodpeckers who seemed to be on a spree – bouncing rapidly from tree to tree, Today’s featured image is a (I think) dragonfly variant identified by Google as an American Rubyspot – today’s most cooperative subject.
Sightings:
Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Canada Geese, Gulls, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Belted Kingfishers, Northern Flickers, Hairy Woodpeckers, Turkey Vultures, Red-winged Blackbirds, Barn Swallows, Red-tailed Hawks, Sparrows
Critters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Monarch Butterfly, Painted Lady Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Mosquitoes, American Rubyspot, millions of flying bugs
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
