Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 27 degrees Sky: Sunshine mostly. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, American Robins, Starlings, Northern Flickers, Western Grebe, Cooper’s Hawk, Belted Kingfishers, American Kestrel, American Goldfinch, House Finches, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned Sparrows, Great Blue Herons, Mountain Bluebird, Blue Jays Critters: Mule Deer, Pronghorn Antelope, Tree Squirrels Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight; Panasonic Lumix FZ80
Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mourning Doves, Ospreys, Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbirds, Common Grackles, Redheaded Woodpeckers, Northern Flickers, American Goldfinches, Great Horned Owl, Black-capped ChickadeeCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers Gear: Nikon D5600, AF-S Nikkor 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallard Ducks, Canada Geese, Spotted Sandpiper, Killdeer, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingbird, Ospreys, Common Grackles, Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, American Robins, Northern Flickers, American Goldfinches, Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jays, Possible Redheaded Woodpecker, Flycatcher, Possible Red-winged Blackbird, Barn Swallows, HawkCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Western Spotted Orbweaver Spider, Widow Skimmers Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, American Goldfinch, Osprey, Starlings, Flycatcher, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Redheaded Woodpecker, Common Sandpiper, Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, Egrets, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Northern FlickersCritters: Grasshoppers, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, White-tailed Deer, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. The Owl Tree bore no feathery fruit this morning but I still managed to come home with something on my memory card. Today’s feature d image, which is the best shot of the day, is a Mule Deer doe posing perfectly in the low morning sunshine. I caught her in a peaceful moment before she saw me and lost her train of thought. Also pictured here enjoying the morning sunshine are an Orb spider dining Al Fresco and an American Goldfinch. I also managed to shoot an Osprey…
Environment:Start Time: 8:50 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunshine, no clouds and light breeze I guess October has been saving it for a big finish! Today’s walk at Lake Pueblo State Park was as bountiful as it was beautiful. Lots of birds and critters were out enjoying a fabulous morning. There were a bunch of mostly cooperative smaller birds that I’ve posted in the bottom gallery of this post. One, the Lincoln’s Sparrow is a new bird for me and I guess the American Goldfinch is a female. I got another White-crowned Sparrow and a Red-winged Blackbird was snacking nearby….