Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 22, 2024

July 22, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sun muted by thick haze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Duck, Double Crested Cormorants, Green Heron, Mourning Doves, Western Kingbirds, Ospreys, Common Grackles, Northern Flickers, Blue Grosbeak, American Robins, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Goldfinch, Western Wood Pewee, Yellow Warbler, Western Meadowlark, Great Horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawks, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 20, 2024

June 20, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Clouds and Sun. Sightings:Birds: Mallard Duck, Wood Duck, Canada Geese, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Doves, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Common Grackles, Great Horned Owls, Red-winged Blackbirds, Bullock’s Oriole, Great Blue Heron, Blue Grosbeak, Killdeer, Yellow Warbler, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Jay, Western MeadowlarksCritters: Mule Deer, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight; Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ80

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
August 12, 2022

August 12, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Common Sandpiper, Starlings, Mourning Doves, Canada Geese, Cooper’s Hawk, Green Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Grosbeak, American Yellow Warbler, Great Blue Heron, Eastern Kingbird, House WrensCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Dragonflies Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
June 07, 2022

June 07, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, American Yellow Warbler, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, Swallows, Barn Swallows, House Wren, Yellow-breasted Chat, Common Grackle, Western Wood PeweeCritters: Mule Deer, Red Ants, Whiptail Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
June 06, 2022

June 06, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, American Yellow Warbler, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Red-winged Blackbird, House Wren, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-breasted Chat, Common GrackleCritters: Mule Deer, Red Ants, Ornate Tree Lizard, Cabbage White Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
August 16, 2021

August 16, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunshine, haze with increasing breeze. Another morning encased in wildfire haze. No air quality alerts which I don’t understand since Pikes Peak was not visible from Reservoir Road as I drove into Lake Pueblo State Park. Still not a lot of birds who seemed inclined to be photographed. I shot a lot of smaller birds but did not end up with anything really good. Most of these little guys only gave me one chance to make the capture. A Belted Kingfisher taunted me by landing on my side of the Arkansas River…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 03, 2021

June 03, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunshine thin clouds with a light breeze Excellent weather continues. The trees were filled with bird chatter and the Starlings were flitting all over the place but really there was not much bird activity this morning. I did come home with some interesting pictures despite the avian drought. First off I surprised a mother Wood Duck who was giving duck lessons to her brood of nine and so managed the photo posted below. The Arkansas River was running very high today so I found this group in a calmer drainage tributary leading…

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