Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Barn Swallows, Cooper’s Hawk, Bushtits, Turkey Vultures, Spotted Sandpiper, Blue JaysCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikkor 200-500mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:20 AM Temperature: 70 degrees Sky: Mostly Sunshine with light haze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Doves, Gull, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Horned Owl, Barn Swallows, Northern Flickers, Cooper’s Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Spotted Sandpipers, Blue Jays, Red-tailed Hawk, Western and Eastern KingbirdsCritters: Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Toad Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:10 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Sun with less haze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Ducks, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Doves, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Ospreys, Northern Flickers, Blue Grosbeak, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owls, Barn Swallows, Cooper’s Hawk, White-breasted Nuthatch, Wren, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawks, Blue JaysCritters: Mule Deer, Grasshoppers, Clouded Yellow Butterfly, Cabbage White Butterflies, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:10 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Alternating Clouds and Sun. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Kingbirds (E&W), Bullock’s Oriole, Ospreys, Common Grackles, Barn Swallows, Northern Flickers, Blue Grosbeak, American Robins, Starlings, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawks, American Kestrel, Red-winged Blackbirds, Great Blue Heron, Spotted SandpiperCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrel, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 5:50 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallard Drake, Gadwalls, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Doves, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Oriole, Common Grackles, American Robins, Wild Turkeys, American Bald EagleCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Nikon D5600, AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 5:50 AM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Eventually bright sunshine. One of my goals for 2024 has been to get a great shot of an Osprey hitting the water feet first with that intense glare that adds so much drama. So far this year I’ve only been able to capture airborne Osprey with the fish that resulted from such a dive. Pictured here is one of those shots. My other goal for this year has been to capture swallows in flight. Today’s featured image is one of the best I’ve done this, or any other, year. Still not the…
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 74 degrees Sky: Cloud mitigated sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Mourning Doves, Killdeer, Blue Jay, Barn SwallowsCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Haze filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Western Kingbird, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Great Blue Heron, Common Grackle, American Kestrel, Wrens, Wild Turkey, Northern Flicker, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Wood Louse, Cottontail Rabbit, Ornate Tree Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Please click on the Post title to see entire post. Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Sunshine few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Green-winged Teal, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robin, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, White-crowned Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Turkey Vultures, Northern Flicker, Blue Jay, Red-winged Blackbirds, American KestrelCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Today’s stars turned out to be the little birds. The Osprey were busy flying high and I did see one of the Cooper’s Hawk youngsters but I got no images of any of them. The featured image is a heart warming shot of an adult Western Kingbird bringing a tasty insect to her (?) babies who are huddled together on a branch. Maybe its their first day out of the nest – who knows? The Barn Swallow nest is still operational at the informational kiosk by the fishing pond and I…