Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 11, 2022

July 11, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Starlings, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Eastern Wood Pewee, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Oriole, Common Grackle, American Robins, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawks, Wrens Red-winged Blackbirds, Blue Jay, American Kestrel, Redheaded WoodpeckerCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
July 06, 2022

July 06, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. After a few days off for a holiday trip I am back on the trail. Very warm and sunny – so much so that I found myself wishing for one of those breezes that I complained about in February. Lake pueblo State Park seems to have survived the Fourth of July in pretty good shape. The only Osprey action I saw came from a group of four Western Kingbirds driving one of the bigger birds from its perch over the Arkansas River. Pictured below is my first close-up…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
June 15, 2022

June 15, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Mostly Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, Osprey, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, Swallows, Barn Swallows, House Wren, Common Merganser, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-winged Blackbirds, Mississippi Kite, American KestrelCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 28, 2022

April 28, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunshine with occasional breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robin, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, White-crowned Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Turkey Vultures, Violet-green Swallows, Barn Swallow, Great Blue Heron, Black-capped Chickadee, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Flicker, Blue Jay, American Kestrel, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackle, WrenCritters: Tree Squirrels, Wood Louse Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 17, 2022

April 17, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds with light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Pied-billed Grebe, Gulls, Cinnamon Teals, Blue-winged Teals, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Kestrel, American Robin, European Starlings, Swallows, Double-crested Cormorants, Sparrows, Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Doves, Turkey Vultures, Blue Jays, Red-winged Blackbird, Cooper’s Hawk, Woodpecker, Northern FlickerCritters: Tree Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Landmarks Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
November 12, 2021

November 12, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine, little breeze As colder morning temperatures start to make their appearances in the Autumn I change my walking schedule to put me at Lake Pueblo State Park in the late afternoon. This is what happened today and, all in all, things went pretty well. On my way into the park I was struck by the late afternoon light that was falling onto Liberty Point so I pulled over and took one of the landscapes posted below. After that I continued on to my walk where I saw quite a…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 08, 2021

October 08, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Clouds and Sun, little breeze. Rumors of Osprey Season’s end have been greatly exaggerated. I was very surprised this morning to see two Osprey perching over the Arkansas River. Today’s featured image is one of said Osprey. In fact, perching high up in the trees seemed to be the order of the day at Lake Pueblo State Park this morning (except for the Great Blue Heron who was wading in the river). All in all a pretty mellow Autumn morning. There were some Ducks in the river that I didn’t get close…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 18, 2021

September 18, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 47 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, no breeze. Autumn’s crisp air very much present this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. I don’t know if that was keeping all the birds snuggled in their beds but they were generally missing in action on the trail and in the air. So today’s featured image goes to a perched Osprey – the bird I got closest to today. Below is a rather disappointing image of two Blue Jays whom I caught scampering through the trees right at the end of my walk. I’m hoping that the migrating…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
August 05, 2021

August 05, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sun filtered by wildfire haze and few clouds. No breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Mourning Doves, American Kestrel, Eastern Kingbird, Great Blue Heron, Blue Jays, Sandpiper-like wader, Brown-headed Cowbird, Common GrackleCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer w/ Fawns, Stink Beetle, Squirrel Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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