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January 15, 2021 Re-post

January 15, 2021 Re-post

Environment:Start Time: 2:10 PM Temperature: 44 degrees Sky: Sunny, few clouds, intermittent breeze Frigid conditions still holding me indoors here in 2024. Here is another walk down memory lane from this day in 2021. Hope to be back soon. The temperature finally reached a level that I deemed “walkable” with only a mild breeze so I made it out of the house this afternoon for a good long walk. I came today carrying the appropriate ee quipment for getting some bird photos. Today’s featured image of an American Kestrel demonstrates that I made a good decision. I was also lucky…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 03, 2021

April 03, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:00 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunny with few clouds; light breeze Weather predictions of a warm day ahead got me motivated and out the door earlier than usual. Of course, as things start to really heat up I’ll be hitting the trail even earlier than today. I was certainly not the first visitor of the day but attendance was still light. My walk was pretty unremarkable in terms of photography though I managed to capture a “new” bird – a Rufous-sided Towhee – today’s featured image. I almost didn’t even bother shooting him because he was bouncing…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 2:10 PM Temperature: 44 degrees Sky: Sunny, few clouds, intermittent breeze The temperature finally reached a level that I deemed “walkable” with only a mild breeze so I made it out of the house this afternoon for a good long walk. I came today carrying the appropriate equipment for getting some bird photos. Today’s featured image of an American Kestrel demonstrates that I made a good decision. I was also lucky enough to catch a Greater Yellowlegs poking around the Arkansas River – his portrait is posted below. The one thing that struck me as I walked was…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 05, 2020

September 05, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Sunny and blue, light breeze Another New Bird Identified The string of gorgeous mornings continued today. I had high hopes for bird photography too, since I had seen Turkeys, a Turkey Vulture and a Red-tail Hawk before we even got out of the car. And I was not disappointed by those feathered subjects that presented themselves while I was out of the car and outfitted for the task of capturing them (on a memory card.) My mindset today was to concentrate on smaller birds and I particularly wanted to see if I…

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
September 04, 2020

September 04, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Sunny and blue, light breeze New Bird Identified and an Old Bird Correctly Identified Spectacular light and just a hint of an Autumn chill made for another great walk at the park. There was quite a bit of feathered activity though the real action was occurring mostly in the shadows. Nevertheless I came out with a number of images worth sharing. Today’s featured image is of the Rabbitbrush that is starting to bloom and attract various insects as you can see. There should be more butterflies by this time of the year…

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Birds Process Sightings Wildlife
September 02, 2020

September 02, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunny and blue, light breeze Technique for Bird Identification Another great walking day that produced little in the way of great bird photography. So I thought for this post I’d discuss a bit about the process I use to identify birds that I see or shoot for these posts. Basically I shoot two “types” of bird photos. The first type is the obvious attempt to capture the bird in all its glory for sharing on this and other websites. Today’s featured image (above) is definitely one of that type. These pictures are…

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