Environment:
Start Time: 3:45 PM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Sunny.
Warm sunny afternoons are back in vogue it seems. All the pictures posted today really were shot today – even though they look a lot like the images in the last couple of posts. At least no Great Blue Heron. But the colors are still pretty good and there are still some leaves that have yet to join the party. The featured image is two Great Horned Owls that I found nestled in some of the better leaves which were greatly enhanced by the setting sunlight. Below is a closeup of one of those owls who was making it a little easier on me – even giving me a look.
A Great Horned Owl perching in the Autumn splendor at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado October 28, 2022
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Gadwall, Ring-billed Gulls, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Northern Flicker, Great Horned Owls, Dark-eyed Juncos
Critters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Female White-crowned Sparrow perching at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado October 28, 2022 
Male White-crowned Sparrow posing at sunset at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado October 28, 2022