Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
February 17, 2025

February 17, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 25 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Buffleheads, American Coots, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Mergansers, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Gadwalls, Pied-billed Grebes, Gulls, Great Horned Owl, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfishers, Wild Turkeys, American Kestrel, American Bald EagleCritters: Mule Deer KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
February 06, 2025

February 06, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: All sunshine. What could have been a carbon copy of yesterday’s stellar walking conditions was blown away (literally) by an ever increasing breeze that made walking pretty uncomfortable. There was a pretty good variety of waterfowl out on the Arkansas River (see Pied-billed Grebe photo below) and two or three Great Blue Herons working hard at avoiding me. Featured is a young Mule Deer Buck who just could not take his eyes off of me. I was likewise fixated on his nice starter rack. Pictured here is a male Belted Kingfisher who…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 03, 2024

December 03, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 32 degrees Sky: Sunshine. A truly beautiful morning greeted me as I arrived at my normal parking spot by the Anticline Fishing Pond. The freezing temperature was nicely mitigated by the radiant heat from the Sun. Most of the birding action was to be had in or around bodies of water. Featured is a male Belted Kingfisher making a stab at the Arkansas River. The only shot I got of his entrance into the water was a splash. I could not tell if the dive was successful or not. Also on the Arkansas River were…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
August 30, 2024

August 30, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:35 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Gulls, Turkey Vulture, Ospreys, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Great Blue Herons, Common Grackles, Northern Flickers, Belted Kingfisher, Woodpeckers, Bushtits, Green Heron, Western KingbirdsCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 09, 2024

July 09, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallard Duck, Canada Geese, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Doves, Barn Swallows, Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Northern Flickers, Great Blue Herons, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Western Meadowlark, Blue Grosbeak, Belted Kingfishers, Bushtits, Spotted SandpipersCritters: Mule Deer, mosquitoes, Cabbage White Butterflies, grasshoppers, Rock Squirrel, Cottontail Rabbits Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; 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
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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