Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 02, 2021Re-post

December 02, 2021Re-post

Here is another blast from the past while I recuperate. Environment:Start Time: 8:35 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunshine with light breeze. December is starting out on the warm side. I mean walking along the river in a T-shirt is not what you would expect. Not complaining though. Activity is picking up, too. There were a lot of American Robins darting in and out of the trees along the Arkansas. I think this was a group of migrants stopping for a rest. They were popping down to the water for some pretty long sips of water as pictured below. I…

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
September 20, 2022

September 20, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Osprey, Lesser Goldfinch, Belted Kingfisher, Red-tailed HawkCritters: Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Cabbage White Butterflies, Monarch Butterflies Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 23, 2022

July 23, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:00 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Sunny. Having managed to get out to Lake Pueblo State Park with the rising Sun I am really starting to wonder where all the Early Birds are. Is there a worm shortage? Once again, today’s walk ended up with mostly smaller birds burned onto my memory card and even they made it tough. I did see a couple of the Cooper’s Hawk kiddos but they are expanding their range of activity and improving their ability to not be seen. So the featured image for today is a Lesser Goldfinch that I caught…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 12, 2022

July 12, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:10 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine. You can’t win ’em all. Even with another spectacular morning I managed to come home with not even a handful of decent photos. Only one of the fledgling Cooper’s Hawks was visible this morning and it continued its practice of perching in the shade. I’m only posting the shot (below) because I thought the Common Grackle would be lonely without a little company. But today’s featured image kind of makes up for everything. I saw these two Belted Kingfishers (on the other side of the river, of course) who were involved…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
February 19, 2022

February 19, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 9:10 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunshine light breeze Forecasts of a warmish afternoon made me decide to take a chance on a morning walk today. This turned out to be a pretty good decision. Apparently I was not alone in this course of action as the park and the Arkansas River were pretty busy. Today’s featured image shows just how busy the river was with humans and pelicans competing for space. The eagles are still haunting the fishing pond though no one was in the mood to dazzle me with a display of fishing prowess. Still, this…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 02, 2021

December 02, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:35 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunshine with light breeze. December is starting out on the warm side. I mean walking along the river in a T-shirt is not what you would expect. Not complaining though. Activity is picking up, too. There were a lot of American Robins darting in and out of the trees along the Arkansas. I think this was a group of migrants stopping for a rest. They were popping down to the water for some pretty long sips of water as pictured below. I also saw a couple of Belted Kingfishers working the river…

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Birds Landmarks Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
November 28, 2021

November 28, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 3:25 PM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Gulls, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robin, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned Sparrow, Sparrows, Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chickadee, Belted KingfisherCritters: Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 02, 2021

October 02, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Clouds and sunshine, light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Double Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, Starlings, Killdeer, Gulls, Northern Flicker, Audubon’s Warbler, Red-tailed Hawk, Blue Jays, Great Blue Heron, Belted KingfishersCritters: Prairie Dogs, Woodlouse, Monarch Butterfly, Mule Deer, Cabbage Butterfly, Tree Squirrel Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 23, 2021

September 23, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:25 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, healthy breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Killdeer, Gulls, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Turkey Vulture, Swallow, White-crowned Sparrow, Blue JayCritters: Prairie Dogs, Woodlouse, Monarch Butterfly, Orange Sulphur Butterfly Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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