Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:35 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Canada Geese, Great Blue Heron, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Mourning Doves, Blue Jay, Northern Flickers, Gray Kingbird (possible), Common GracklesCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Tree Squirrel, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Canada Geese, Great Blue Heron, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Magpie, Barn Swallows, Mourning Doves, Blue Jays, Turkey Vulture, Northern Flickers, Wrens, Common Sandpipers, Belted KingfisherCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Mourning Doves, Ospreys, Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, possible Kite, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbirds, Common Grackles, Redheaded Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Wren, Blue JaysCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Halloween Pennant Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sun with a few clouds in the western sky. Quite pleasant once again this morning thanks to a gentle breeze offering some temperature moderation. Even so you could tell that it was going to be a hot one today. The only birds I photographed today were (surprise) the Osprey family in what I have started calling the River Bend Nest. I was really surprised to see all three kids present. There were a lot of Osprey gliding high in the sky, probably other youngsters learning the secrets of flight. Otherwise I resorted…
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Things remain on the mellow side at Lake Pueblo State Park. The high water on the Arkansas River seems to have a calming effect. Below is a scenic shot that kind of sums up the morning. Great conditions but not a lot of motivation. The two goslings featured up top were out with a pretty good gathering of their kind. Three sets of adults – one set with four kiddos and each of the other two with only one. We were all on a narrow stretch of the trail and…
Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine with light wildfire haze. Sightings:Birds: Mallard, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbird, Wren, Western Kingbirds, Blue Jay, Oriole, Red-tailed Hawk, Swallows, Killdeer, Wild Turkey, American KestrelCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Ornate Tree Lizard, Cabbage White Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Life threatening cold is keeping me off the trail. Here is a rerun of last year’s walk – quite a contrast of temperatures! Environment:Start Time: 3:35 PM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Cloud-filtered sunshine Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robin, White-crowned Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Red-tailed Hawk, Merlin(?), Sharp-shinned Hawk, Great Blue HeronCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 3:05 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds. A later afternoon outing found me on the South bank of the Arkansas River today. I switch banks on afternoon walks since that puts the Sun at my back as I walk along the river. What I don’t like is that there isn’t a good loop to walk so I have to travel the same country out and back which bothers me for some reason. Even so, I got some interesting shots in both directions. For one thing I got a new bird. Posted below is a Mountain Pipet…
I continue to make progress recovery-wise. I think I am virus clear buy am remaining in isolation for safety’s sake. Here is a look back at what was happening last year. Environment:Start Time: 9:05 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. Pleasantly warm temperature lured me back to the morning shift and my regular route today. A pretty nice selection of avian subjects were around though not many who were interested in being posted on the Internet today. Today’s featured image (above) is a Killdeer who I surprised on the river bank before he could hide. Below is…
Here is another blast from the past while I recuperate. Environment:Start Time: 8:35 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunshine with light breeze. December is starting out on the warm side. I mean walking along the river in a T-shirt is not what you would expect. Not complaining though. Activity is picking up, too. There were a lot of American Robins darting in and out of the trees along the Arkansas. I think this was a group of migrants stopping for a rest. They were popping down to the water for some pretty long sips of water as pictured below. I…