November 17, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 8:35 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Sunny, few clouds, no breeze Still hitting the trail in the low angle morning light. Not sure what is happening with the birds – things sure are quiet at Lake Pueblo State Park. There were a few more deer out and about and the squirrels were pretty frisky – if I have to stoop to taking pictures of squirrels I may just stay home. The walk was not a total loss because I spotted two American Coot swimming with some Mallards in the Arkansas River. Counting me that made three Coots at…

November 03, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunny, fluffy white clouds, light wind Another warm November morning. Quite a few white clouds and a wind strong enough to require me to deploy the chin strap on my hat. I don’t know if the wind was keeping the birds hunkered down but there was very little activity. One Red-Tailed Hawk was out enjoying the wind and could be seen riding the wind currents high up in the sky. The other main players were Belted Kingfishers. I spotted one working the fishing pond just as I got started. I chased him…