October 21, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Cloud/Sun mix with light wind. Fifty nine degrees! At least that ain’t Centigrade. The wind was no help either – not a cooling breeze. The really bad thing about the wind is it is stripping the colorful leaves from the trees. There are a lot of trees out there that put me in mind of a plucked chicken. Today’s featured image is certainly not the best picture I’ve ever taken but today it was the only picture I took. At least it is a Dark-eyed Junco and not a Robin. Sightings:Birds: Mallards,…

October 20, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, American Robins, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Sparrows, House Finches, Belted Kingfisher, RavenCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Painted Lady Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

October 19, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunny with persistent breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, American Robins, White-crowned Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Blue Jay, Sparrows, American KestrelCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Painted Lady Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

October 18, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunny. All quiet this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. Even though the temperature was one degree warmer than yesterday when I started it seemed around three degrees colder. Maybe that was the reason so few birds were out and about. Today’s featured image is a couple of Killdeer who were prowling the bank of the Arkansas River. There were actually three of them but I never could get them all in one shot. I saw no Cormorants and no Osprey which I am taking as a sign of the times. Another…

October 17, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Killdeer, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, White-crowned Sparrows, pied-billed Grebe, Dark-eyed Juncos, Belted Kingfisher, BushtitsCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer Gear: Panasonic Lumix GH4, Olympus Digital Zuiko 14-54mm

October 15, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, White-crowned Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, pied-billed GrebeCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

October 14, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, Belted Kingfisher, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, White-crowned Sparrows, Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, pied-billed Grebe, Belted KingfisherCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

October 12, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunny. One of those days. Absolutely perfect conditions for touring the park and not much there to photograph. The sexiest birds I saw were the Double Crested Cormorants and they were all way up waving at the Space Station. There were a lot of American Robins who were really keyed up for some reason. They were flying all around – jumping from branch to branch and sometimes chasing each other. One Robin almost hit me. Strange. The second most active group was the Red-winged Blackbirds who were also kind of jumpy but…

October 10, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged teal, Wood Duck (?), European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Northern Flickers, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, OspreyCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Tarantula Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

October 09, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged teal, Wood Duck (?), European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, American Bushtit, Northern Flicker, Canada Geese, Gulls, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbirds, Killdeer, Red-tailed Hawk, White-crowned Sparrow, Great Blue HeronCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm