March 18, 2024 – Repost

High winds are making trips out to Lake Pueblo State Park a bit too uncomfortable for me. So let’s relive last year on this date. Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 37 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Gulls, Gadwalls, Hooded Mergansers, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robins, Osprey, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, White-crowned Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbird, Eurasian Collard-Dove, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-tailed Hawk, Dark-eyed JuncosCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

March 18, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 37 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Gulls, Gadwalls, Hooded Mergansers, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robins, Osprey, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, White-crowned Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbird, Eurasian Collard-Dove, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-tailed Hawk, Dark-eyed JuncosCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

March 16, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 30 degrees Sky: Mostly sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Ring-necked Duck, Gulls, Hooded Mergansers, Double Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, Starlings,American Robins, Ospreys, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, Western Meadowlark, Wild Turkeys, White-crowned Sparrows, Western Bluebird, Mountain Bluebirds, Blue Jays, Crows, Red-winged BlackbirdCritters: None KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

January 24, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 22 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Common Goldeneyes, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Gulls, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Blue Heron, Starlings, Belted Kingfisher, White-crowned Sparrows, Blue Jays, American Bald Eagle, Northern Flicker, Black-capped ChickadeesCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dog KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

May 16, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbirds, Wrens, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Yellow-breasted Chat, Blue Jays, Bullock’s Orioles, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Barn Swallows, Black-capped Chickadee, Western MeadowlarkCritters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer, Miller Moths, Prairie Dog, Ornate Tree Lizard, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm