Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 25 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Buffleheads, American Coots, Common Goldeneye, Red-breasted Mergansers, Gadwalls, Gulls, American Herring Gulls, Great Horned Owls, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Wren, possible Red-winged BlackbirdCritters: Mule Deer KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Winter weather persists. Even when I get decent light the trail conditions pose danger for aged photographers. It is hard to watch the trees and sky when you also have to watch where you step. So I will, once again, transport you back in time to the warmer days of 2024. Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 35 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Gulls, Canada Geese, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Blue Jay, Northern Flickers, Bushtits, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-winged Blackbird, mystery hawkCritters: Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD…
As the Winter of 2025 continues its relentless assault on Southern Colorado let’s look back to better days in 2023. This has to end….doesn’t it? Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 38 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebe, Common Goldeneye, Mallards, Gulls, American Bald Eagles, American Kestrels, Starlings, American Robin, Blue JayCritters: Tree Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm If you cannot see the gallery please click HERE
Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 25 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Buffleheads, American Coots, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Mergansers, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Gadwalls, Pied-billed Grebes, Gulls, Great Horned Owl, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfishers, Wild Turkeys, American Kestrel, American Bald EagleCritters: Mule Deer KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 27 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Buffleheads, American Coots, Common Goldeneye, Gadwalls, Gulls, Great Horned Owl, Starlings, American Robin, White-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Cooper’s Hawk, Hairy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Bewick’s Wren, Great Blue Heron, Eastern BluebirdsCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 9:15 AM Temperature: 28 degrees Sky: All sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Buffleheads, American Coots, Common Goldeneye, Gadwalls, Gulls, Belted Kingfisher, Great Horned Owl, Starlings, Doves, White-crowned Sparrows, Pied-billed Grebe, Dark-eyed JuncosCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 28 degrees Sky: All sunshine. Really rather chilly out on the trail this morning. Even so, it was worth the trip out. The featured image for today is one reason – an American Bald Eagle who didn’t let me get too close. Normally the eagle would be the big thrill of the day but not today! Pictured here is a Great Horned Owl, most likely female, sitting in the same nest that she used last year. She and her hubby have been hanging around the area for a while so I thought I’d have a…
Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: All sunshine. What could have been a carbon copy of yesterday’s stellar walking conditions was blown away (literally) by an ever increasing breeze that made walking pretty uncomfortable. There was a pretty good variety of waterfowl out on the Arkansas River (see Pied-billed Grebe photo below) and two or three Great Blue Herons working hard at avoiding me. Featured is a young Mule Deer Buck who just could not take his eyes off of me. I was likewise fixated on his nice starter rack. Pictured here is a male Belted Kingfisher who…
Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 34 degrees Sky: All sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Buffleheads, American Coots, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Great Horned Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flickers, Cooper’s Hawk, American KestrelCritters: Mule Deer KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 8:35 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Activity remains low (bird wise) out at Lake Pueblo State Park. There were quite a few human fishermen along and in the Arkansas River which may be why the birds were elsewhere. You can tell things were slow by my posting a European Starling here. Not the most exotic or rare bird out there. Featured are a couple of American Coots who were taking it easy on a midriver rock. There are a lot of Coots on the water this Winter. Also avoiding the river is the Great Blue Heron…