Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sun, clouds and a hefty breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, Great Blue Heron, Starlings, Pied-billed GrebeCritters: Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
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…
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…
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…
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
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…