Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Mostly sunny. No breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Starlings, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Cormorants, Eastern Kingbirds, American Robins, Canada Geese, Northern Flicker, American Kestrel, Common Grackle, Mississippi Kite, Mourning Dove, unidentified Sandpiper-like wading bird, Great Horned Owl, Blue Grosbeak, Wood DucksCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Viceroy Butterfly, Stink Beetles Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Haze and cloud filtered sunshine light breeze Clouds and haze not quite as bad as yesterday but a slightly cooler temperature made for another great morning walk. The Arkansas River is still quite high but the Geese, Mallards and a few fishermen are venturing back in. Also joining the gang were a couple of Common Mergansers one of which is today’s featured image up top. Things are still blooming – posted here is Glycyrrhiza lepidota (so says Google) that looks to be just getting started. The real highlight for the morning is…