Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
July 13, 2024

July 13, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 72 degrees Sky: Sunny with haze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, Canada Geese, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Doves, Barn Swallows, Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Northern Flickers, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfishers, Great Horned OwlsCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, mosquitoes, Cabbage White Butterflies, Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly, grasshoppers Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
February 28, 2024

February 28, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 3:55 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebe, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Canada Geese, Northern Flickers, Starlings, Belted Kingfisher, American Robin, Wild Turkeys, Great Blue Herons, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Horned Owls, wrenCritters: Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Sightings
February 13, 2024

February 13, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: Sunshine with clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Buffleheads, Gulls, Canada Geese, American Kestrel, Belted Kingfishers, Sparrows, Northern Flickers, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, American Robin, Dark-eyed JuncosCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 29, 2024

January 29, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 32 degrees Sky: Sunshine to start then cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneyes, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Mergansers, Green-winged Teal, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Canada Geese, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Wild Turkeys, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Bushtits, Northern Flickers, Dark-eyed JuncosCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 25, 2024

January 25, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:25 AM Temperature: 24 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Common Goldeneyes, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, Starlings, Belted Kingfisher, White-crowned Sparrows, Blue Jays, White-breasted Nuthatch, Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chickadees, Crows, Wild Turkeys, WoodpeckersCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dog KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 22, 2023

December 22, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 8:45 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, House Wren, Belted Kingfishers, American Kestrels, Wild Turkeys, Killdeer, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned Sparrows, Cooper’s Hawk, RavenCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S 55-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 18, 2023

December 18, 2023

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…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 13, 2023

December 13, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 9:05 AM Temperature: 33 degrees Sky: More clouds than Sun. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Killdeer, Gulls, Dark-eyed Juncos, Woodpeckers, Northern Flicker, Great Blue Herons, Canada Geese, American Kestrel, hawks, Belted Kingfisher, Crows Critters: Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 06, 2023

December 06, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 3:00 PM Temperature: 73 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Conditions out at Lake Pueblo State Park continue to be excellent. The bird activity is even getting a little better. Today’s featured image is a Red-tailed Hawk who flew in at the treetop level just as the Sun was nearly set creating the intense show of colors on the bird’s undercarriage. I also caught a female Belted Kingfisher darting between the banks of the Arkansas River in search of a late afternoon snack. I didn’t see any herons flying today but I did see two perched high in the trees. Sightings:Birds:…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
November 28, 2023

November 28, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 2:50 PM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneye, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, Field Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Great Horned Owl, possible American Kestrel, Wild TurkeysCritters: Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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