Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Gulls, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, Killdeer, Belted Kingfishers, Blue Jays, Sparrow, Common Grackle, warblers, Red-tailed Hawk, Say’s PhoebeCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Grasshoppers, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Gulls, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, Killdeer, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Jays, American Robin, Sparrow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Bewick’s Wren, American Kestrels, Red-tailed HawkCritters: Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Grasshoppers Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:25 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Yet another beautiful early morning in Rock Canyon with nearly perfect light and temperature. Once again most of the activity was happening in, along and above the Arkansas River. Featured is one of three Osprey I saw today. It was perched in a tree just off the river with a nice looking fish in hand but didn’t seem at all interested in eating it. Perhaps he was saving it for later. A female Belted Kingfisher was actively patrolling the river with not much luck. There was also a Great Blue…
Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. My little canine visitor has gone home so I am back out on the trails with the big guns using both hands to shoot. Today’s outing was, in terms of bird variety, pretty lack-luster. There was only a single Osprey keeping an eye on the Arkansas River. But those were not the only eyes on the water. Featured is a female Belted Kingfisher who was also focused on getting something to eat from the free flowing river. Pictured here is a Great Blue Heron who was finished with the watching…
Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, ducks, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, Northern Harrier, Eastern Phoebe, Belted KingfishersCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikkor 55-300mm
Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S 55-300mm, Olympus OM-D E-M1 II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Decreasing sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, House Wren, Belted Kingfisher, American Kestrel, Wild Turkeys, Killdeer, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Prairie Dog Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S 55-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 9:00 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Gadwall, Buffleheads, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, White-crowned Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Crows, Starlings, Dark-eyed Junco, White-breasted Nuthatch, woodpeckersCritters: Mule Deer, Coyote Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S 55-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 9:00 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Sunshine, heavy breeze and clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Mergansers, Gulls, Northern Flicker, Canada Geese, Red-tailed Hawk, Sparrows, Belted KingfisherCritters: Prairie Dogs Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S 55-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 9:00 AM Temperature: 34 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine. Another chilly morning in Rock Canyon. Featured today is a male Belted Kingfisher who was working hard at finding a meal on the Arkansas River and I caught him with the goods in his beak. Then I saw, on a distant branch, what I thought was another juvenile American Bald Eagle but on closer inspection it turned out to be a Red-tailed Hawk. Still a welcome sight. With Winter just a few days away I’m hoping we get a lot more ducks stopping by for the season. Still haven’t seen…