March 09, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 32 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Mallards, Gulls, Starlings, American Coots, American Kestrels, Cooper’s Hawk, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Pied-billed Grebes, Canada Geese, Bushtit, Double Crested CormorantCritters: Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

October 17, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:50 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine with NO clouds. Back on the trail after yesterday’s detour to the Comanche National Grasslands. I have to say I am still tired from that trip. So I made today’s walk a bit shorter partly because of the afore mentioned fatigue and partly because I was out in my regular street shoes. My walking shoes got kind of wet yesterday when the tour group waded across the Purgatoire River to look at some dinosaur tracks and they (the shoes) have yet to dry out. Not much was going on today at…

October 12, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:20 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Sunshine with some clouds in the West. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Flicker, Gulls, Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, Blue Jay, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorant, Belted Kingfisher, American Robins, European Starlings, Turkey VultureCritters: Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Cabbage Butterfly Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm