Birds Sightings Wildlife
May 08, 2023

May 08, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Starlings, Common Mergansers, Blue-winged Teals, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Robins, Northern Flickers, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbirds, Wrens, Western Kingbirds, Turkey Vulture, Blue Jays, Bullock’s Orioles, Eastern Kingbirds, Red-tailed Hawks, American Kestrel, Great Horned Owl. Barn Swallows, SwallowsCritters: Tree Squirrels, Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
May 05, 2023

May 05, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Conditions were just a little past perfect out on the trail today. No complaints here. Spring is still springing up – Milkvetch (post bottom) is blooming giving the butterflies a reason to be out. I caught a group of Mule Deer giving the riverbank a good cleaning. Most birds were keeping low profiles – except those that were flying high in the sky. I see Double Crested Cormorants coming and going but I never seem to be near their destination. Today’s featured image is a Bullock’s Oriole who was too interested…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 23, 2022

July 23, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:00 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Sunny. Having managed to get out to Lake Pueblo State Park with the rising Sun I am really starting to wonder where all the Early Birds are. Is there a worm shortage? Once again, today’s walk ended up with mostly smaller birds burned onto my memory card and even they made it tough. I did see a couple of the Cooper’s Hawk kiddos but they are expanding their range of activity and improving their ability to not be seen. So the featured image for today is a Lesser Goldfinch that I caught…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 21, 2022

July 21, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunny. Even with a little cooler climate things were pretty quiet out on the trail this morning. Pictured below is another shot of Canada Geese decorating the Arkansas River. It’s not that I like photographing geese so much as they are practically the only birds on the river. One Osprey made a strike way upriver from my position but fortunately it wanted to eat somewhere else and flew downriver right over me with its prize – today’s featured image. The bottom mini-gallery is a couple of subjects who made it tough to…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 14, 2022

July 14, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:10 AM Temperature: 73 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallard, Osprey, Starlings, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Bullock’s Oriole, Common Grackle, American Robins, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawk, Wrens, Spotted Sandpiper, Yellow-breasted Chat, Wild Turkey, Orchard OrioleCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Widow Skimmer, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 13, 2022

July 13, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Today’s stars turned out to be the little birds. The Osprey were busy flying high and I did see one of the Cooper’s Hawk youngsters but I got no images of any of them. The featured image is a heart warming shot of an adult Western Kingbird bringing a tasty insect to her (?) babies who are huddled together on a branch. Maybe its their first day out of the nest – who knows? The Barn Swallow nest is still operational at the informational kiosk by the fishing pond and I…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 28, 2022

June 28, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Totally Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Canada Geese, Double-crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Oriole, Barn Swallows, Wren, Blue Jay, Common Grackle, American Robins, Northern Flickers, Red-winged Blackbird, American Kestrel, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow WarblerCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterfly, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
June 03, 2022

June 03, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Mostly cloudy. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, Northern Flicker, Blue Jays, Orchard Oriole, Turkey Vultures, Swallows, Red-winged BlackbirdCritters: White-tail Deer, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
May 29, 2022

May 29, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Mallards, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, House Wren, Red-tailed Hawk, Redheaded WoodpeckerCritters: Beetle, Wood Louse, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
May 26, 2022

May 26, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Mallards, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Swallows, Bullock’s Orioles, Blue Jay, Northern Flicker, House Wren, Mississippi Kite, Hummingbird, American Kestrel, HawkCritters: Tree Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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