Environment:
Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Brilliant sunshine puny breeze.
Check out last year’s walk on this day!
Another perfect morning for walking by the river. Not only that – a few birds decided to make their presence known. Some were a little too far away and some were fidgety as can be but I did manage to make it home with a little usable product. The toughest shot was the Black-capped Chickadee posted here. He was very busy and I feel that he was just daring me to take his picture. What I came away with isn’t all that great but I am posting it just for spite. The Red-winged Blackbird posted below was a bit of a surprise as I was pretty sure they had all headed for warmer fields. The featured image (above) for today is a Red-tailed Hawk who also wanted to present me with a challenge. Posted below is a (long) shot of what I believe to be a Dark-eyed Junco which proves that the Winter shift is on its way in.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorant, Starlings, Northern Flicker, Gulls, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbird, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-tailed Hawk
Critters: Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Grasshoppers
Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Pretty sure this is a Dark-eyed Junco at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado October 06, 2021 The first one back for the winter. 
Red-winged Blackbird cleaning up the Sunflowers at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado October 06, 2021 
Red-tailed Hawk perched at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado October 06, 2021