Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallard, Ducks, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Red-tailed Hawks, American Robins, Western Kingbirds, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Yellow-breasted Chat, Cooper’s Hawk, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Blue Jays, Great Blue HeronsCritters: Prairie Dog, Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 66 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Oriole, Swallows, Barn Swallow, House Wren, Common Grackle, American Kestrels, Red-winged Blackbirds, American RobinsCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Prairie Dog, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Mostly Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Canada Geese, Double-crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Oriole, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Wren, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Jay, Common Grackle, Great Blue Heron, American Robins, Northern Flickers, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Red-winged Blackbird, American KestrelCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterfly, Prairie Dog, Tree Squirrels, White-tailed Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine with increasing breeze. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Mallards, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Swallows, Bullock’s Orioles, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Northern Flicker, House Wren, Mississippi Kite, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-winged BlackbirdCritters: Rock Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:25 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine no clouds with a light breeze Took yesterday off to let Lake Pueblo State Park dry out from the heavy rain that fell the day before. Everything was looking good under a cloudless sky and, even though the Arkansas River is still running high, the Canada Geese were back out on the water. A pair of Osprey were on the hunt over the Anticline Fishing Pond as I arrived this morning. I saw (and tried unsuccessfully to photograph) a couple of strikes but the Osprey, like me, came up empty handed….