March 09, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 10:25 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Mix of Sun and clouds, light breeze Spring-like weather is persisting and will so for most of the week ahead. Local weather forecasters are promising us a snowy Saturday. Not at all unusual weather for March in Southeastern Colorado. Birds are still playing hard to get but activity is picking up. I could hear a number of unfamiliar bird calls and a couple of recognizable (by me) ones. There were Blue Jays about to be sure. I also heard a Belted Kingfisher. Aside from using my zoom lens to ID some of…

April 24, 2020

Once again I tried my luck on an evening hike. Unfortunately I did not get the spectacular sky that I did two nights ago. Still it was a pleasant enough evening with a few solid sightings. once we had done our normal tour I drove us over to the Osprey Picnic Area to check in on the Heron’s nest that I have discovered over there. The nest seemed to be occupied so I tried sneaking up for a closer shot. On doing so I spooked three other Herons from a neighboring tree that I had not seen at all (the…