Birds Critters Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
November 03, 2021

November 03, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:30 AM Temperature: 41 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds and light breeze Back on tour after a few days “off”. Apparently the birds are still on a little vacation since not many were out this morning. Still a good day to take a walk while lugging a heavy camera around. There is still some decent color along the trails but it is showing some wear. Non of the Winter ducks have arrived yet – save for the two Pied-billed Grebe that were enjoying the Arkansas River this morning. I also surprised a couple of Mule Deer doe who…

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
October 26, 2021

October 26, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 69 degrees Sky: Sunshine, high thin clouds and hefty (border line wind) breeze Back on the trail today with my birding kit. I think I’m going to have to start bringing my own birds. Very little activity this morning probably due to the steadily increasing “breeze”. Kind of toasty out, too, for late October. I did get an OK shot of an American Kestrel seen here clinging to a high branch. A Red-tailed Hawk also made an appearance but I missed the shot. So, once again, I shot some Autumn color (what’s left of it)…

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Landscapes Sightings
October 24, 2021

October 24, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine, high thin clouds and mild breeze Instead of taking my wide angle gear like I did yesterday I brought a more mid-range lens this morning thinking it would be a good day to try some video. I did shoot a little video (to be posted at a later date) but I really regretted not keeping the wide angle lens on camera. If I’d tried birding – today would have been a disaster. Besides the few birds listed below I heard some Blue Jays and I heard a Kingfisher. Today’s featured image…

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
October 20, 2021

October 20, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:35 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunshine, light breeze Much chillier today but only a mild breeze at LPSP. The only things in the sky that were white were the Gulls and some airplane contrails. Most of the birds (not the ducks) spent the morning dodging in and out of leafy branches or hiding behind twigs on their perches so that photography was impossible. I did manage a shot of a Red-tailed Hawk (below) who didn’t position himself quite right behind a twig so as to discourage me from shooting. Once he heard my shutter click he flew…

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Birds Critters Infrared Photography Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
October 10, 2021

October 10, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine, clouds and intermittent breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Starlings, Northern Flicker, Gulls, Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, American Kestrel, Belted KingfisherCritters: Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel Gear: KolariVision Lumix LS100

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Landscapes Sightings Wildflowers
October 05, 2021

October 05, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine, no breeze. Great weather continues. Unfortunately so does bad birding. This could be one of my least productive days ever. The only shot I captured that was (barely) worth posting is the one below of the leaves changing beside the Anticline Fishing Pond. So for today’s featured image (above) I am posting one of the shots I got yesterday on my leaf-peeping trip to the mountains. This was shot on the dirt portion of Highway 78 between Beulah, Colorado and San Isabel. The leaves are just revving up at Lake Pueblo…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 03, 2021

October 03, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Brilliant sunshine with a healthy (but not cold) breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Double Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Gulls, Audubon’s Warbler, Killdeer, Cedar Waxwings, Black-capped ChickadeeCritters: Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Butterflies (Monarch, Orange Sulphur, Cabbage) Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Critters Landscapes Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
September 29, 2021

September 29, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine and little breeze again. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Did I say not much was happening at Lake Pueblo State Park yesterday? I guess I misspoke. Compared to today, yesterday was an absolute festival. I know the sightings box (below) shows a number of birds out but technically most of those sightings should be referred to as nano-sightings since I only saw the birds in passing. The only bird I captured was a Sharp-shinned Hawk (posted) who was deep in the leaves making the shot rather…

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
September 28, 2021

September 28, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:25 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine and little breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Not much going on this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. I mean when the featured image is an insect (Widow Skimmer) and the other two images are a duck (Blue-winged Teal) and a tree you know things are slow. The really sad note is that I did not see a single Osprey. Looks like the season is over for sure. I did see two Great Blue Herons but they were either too far away or duplicating poses…

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