May 31, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:00 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Common Mergansers, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Northern Flickers, Doves, Barn Swallows, American Robins, Blue Jays, Red-tailed Hawk, Common Grackles, Great Horned Owls, Wren, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

June 10, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Things remain on the mellow side at Lake Pueblo State Park. The high water on the Arkansas River seems to have a calming effect. Below is a scenic shot that kind of sums up the morning. Great conditions but not a lot of motivation. The two goslings featured up top were out with a pretty good gathering of their kind. Three sets of adults – one set with four kiddos and each of the other two with only one. We were all on a narrow stretch of the trail and…

June 22, 2022

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