Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunshine, light haze with some clouds Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Double Crested Cormorants, Eastern Kingbird, Canada Geese, Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Solitary Sandpiper , Lazuli Bunting, Grackles, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ash-throated Flycatcher, FlycatcherCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Monarch Butterfly, Widow Skimmer, Mule Deer, Orb Spider
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze filtered sunshine. Very little breeze. I arrived early again this morning with high hopes for a good day – I mean, it’s 7-11 after all. If there was a highlight for today’s outing it would have to be the presence of many American Kestrels. I saw one tree with three and another with four. I believe these were family outings with the younger ones getting some hunting pointers from the adults. I only got one presentable shot (below) of what I believe to be one of the youngsters. There were…
Environment:Start Time: 7:35 AM Temperature: 65 degrees Sky: Sunny with a welcome breeze Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Starlings, Osprey, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Cormorants, Western Kingbird, American Robins, Canada Geese, Red-winged Blackbird, Oriole, Northern Flicker, Blue Jay, American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Common Grackle, Turkey VultureCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Dragonfly, Grasshopper Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Haze filtered sunshine few clouds pleasant breeze Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Starlings, Robins, Common Grackle, Osprey, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingbirds, Bullock’s Oriole, Woodpecker, Mississippi Kite, Blue Jay, Western Kingbirds, Flycatcher, Red-winged Blackbird, American Kestrel, KilldeerCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine high clouds with a light breeze Local weather forecasters are saying that the next two days will be cloudy and wet so I made it a point to get out this morning. At first I thought the clouds that were out today were going to be a problem but that did not turn out to be the case. Plenty of birds about, flowers are starting to bloom and the bugs are making themselves known. One surprising thing today was the complete lack of Swallows – with all the bugs flying around…
Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunny with few clouds; heavy breeze Made an early start once again this morning. Weather predictions are for record April heat today and gusty winds. The most interesting bird activity happened right at the start of my walk. There was a Red-tailed Hawk perched up on one of the (too) many power lines that cut across the park. This is not anything unusual except that today an American Kestrel was buzzing and thumping the hawk relentlessly. All of this was taking place at a good distance so the picture I got is…