Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 19, 2022

April 19, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine and light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Cinnamon Teals, Gadwalls, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Kestrel, American Robin, European Starlings, Barn Swallows, Double-crested Cormorants, Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Turkey Vultures, Cooper’s Hawks, Western Kingbird, Northern Flicker, Red-tailed Hawk, Wild TurkeysCritters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
August 20, 2020

August 20, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunshine; Light Wildfire Haze; no breeze Another great morning for a walk. There was a lot of bird activity though generally at great distance. The Ospreys were busy gliding through the sky and the Starlings were all grouped up together in the tree tops. My only good photo opportunity came when I checked the Barn Swallow nest under the eves of the informational kiosk at the Anticline Fishing Pond and found three pretty large nestlings keeping an eye out for incoming grub. I tried to get a shot right then but somehow…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 14, 2020

July 14, 2020

And the heat goes on… This morning at 6:10 it was a crisp 74 degrees with a lot of clouds and a little (very warm) wind. The sunshine was intermittent at first but gained a solid foothold by the end of the outing. Today’s walk was more productive, photographically, than it was yesterday. A number of birds were accommodating enough to pose for a picture or two. On the right is a Flicker who seemed quite interested in the branch he was working on. When I arrived at the fishing pond my favorite Barn Swallow “Barney” was at his usual…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020

Mostly sunny this morning with some clouds which are predicted to take over later today. According to my memory, always suspect, when we started out today at 6:10 the temperature was 62 degrees. When we were driving out I noticed that the temp (according to my car) was 60 degrees. I do not think the temp had dropped while we were walking so I am not sure what temperature to report. I guess I’ll settle for 61. No matter what the temperature was it was a great morning for taking a walk along the river. As it turned out it…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 25, 2020

June 25, 2020

Five days into Summer and things are definitely heating up. We started out this morning around 6:15 with a temperature of 60 degrees. When we were heading out of the park around 7:15 the temperature had risen to 64. The slight breeze and the scattered clouds helped make it feel pretty comfortable. I don’t know if it is the heat or not but the activity in the park was quite subdued today. Very little presented itself for digital immortalization. I did encounter a Mule Deer doe and what I thought might be her fawn (didn’t get a good look at…

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