Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Blue Jays, Common Sandpiper, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, Great Horned Owl, Red-winged Blackbirds, Canada Geese, Blue Grosbeak, GullsCritters: Mule Deer, White-tailed Deer, Prairie Dog, Tree Squirrel, Cabbage White Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Common Grackle, Western Kingbirds, Blue Jays, Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, Woodpeckers, Northern Flicker, Wren, Yellow WarblerCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Mix of Sun and clouds. Yesterday’s Cooper’s Hawk stars were nowhere to be found this morning. Never fear, a Great Blue Heron (or maybe two) stepped in to grab the morning light and my attention. Today’s featured image and the one at the bottom of this post are the same bird but I’m not positive about the identity of the one in the middle – I wish they wore name tags. I know I am accusing the Heron in the photo below of dancing in the caption but really it was struggling…
Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: 50/50 Sun/clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Egret, Osprey, Starlings, American Robin, Double Crested Cormorants, Gull, Eastern Kingbirds, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-winged Blackbirds, Canada Geese, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, Blue Jay, House WrenCritters: Grasshoppers, Pinacate Beetle, Tree Squirrel, Monarch Butterfly, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Cloud/haze filtered sunshine with a light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Starlings, American Kestrel, Double Crested Cormorants, Blue Jay, Gull, Western Kingbirds, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue HeronCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Rock Squirrel, Tree Squirrel, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Sunny with a few decorative clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Killdeer, Starlings, Mourning Doves, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Western Wood Pewee, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbirds, Common Sandpiper, Great Horned Owls, Common Grackles, Double Crested Cormorants, Blue Grosbeak, Northern FlickerCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Red Ants, Wood Louse, Prairie Dog, Pinacate Beetle Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunny. More great walking conditions. Less birding opportunities. Today’s featured image is, I guess, a Deering opportunity with me finally getting a clear shot of a Mule Deer doe and her twins out shopping the prairie. The Cooper’s Hawk Kids were spending the morning chasing each other from tree to tree (their flight skills are quite good now) allowing me only one unobstructed shot of a stationary bird. To wrap it all up a Northern Flicker landed in some very flattering light and began posing for me. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Starlings, Western…
Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunny. Even with a little cooler climate things were pretty quiet out on the trail this morning. Pictured below is another shot of Canada Geese decorating the Arkansas River. It’s not that I like photographing geese so much as they are practically the only birds on the river. One Osprey made a strike way upriver from my position but fortunately it wanted to eat somewhere else and flew downriver right over me with its prize – today’s featured image. The bottom mini-gallery is a couple of subjects who made it tough to…
Environment:Start Time: 6:20 AM Temperature: 68 degrees Sky: Sunny with a welcome breeze. The stars of this morning’s walk were the juvenile Cooper’s Hawks that I have been stalking for the past couple of months. I saw three of the youngsters and am posting pictures of two of them. The featured image is of one of them working on devouring what looks like a smaller bird. I don’t know if this catch was his or if an adult had provided it but he knew what to do with it. The same bird is pictured below getting settled in for a…
Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 76 degrees Sky: Sunny with a welcome breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Starlings, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, American Robins, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, House Wren, Common Merganser, Red-winged Blackbird, Spotted Sandpipers, Northern Flickers, American Kestrel, Belted KingfishersCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm