Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Gulls, Blue Jays, Ospreys, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Great Blue Herons, Common Grackles, Northern Flickers, Killdeer, Turkey Vultures, Doves, American Kestrels, Redheaded WoodpeckersCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, beaver, squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:10 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallard Ducks, Wood Duck, Canada Geese, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Doves, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Northern Flickers, American Kestrels, Great Blue Herons, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Western MeadowlarkCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, mosquitoes, Cabbage White Butterflies, grasshoppers, Rock Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight; Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ-80
Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 66 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Oriole, Swallows, Barn Swallow, House Wren, Common Grackle, American Kestrels, Red-winged Blackbirds, American RobinsCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Prairie Dog, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine. The Kestrel family (meaner but not as musical as the Partridge Family) were still on station this morning. The first picture below is the three young ones who mostly seem to stay perched and occasionally flap their wings. An adult would zoom in every now and then with food. Then once one of the juveniles claimed the delivery the adult would fly off for more – second picture below. The picture that should be seen between these pictures is today’s featured image, above. The adult was just arriving when it…