Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 3:35 PM Temperature: 37 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canvasback Duck, Common Goldeneyes, Gulls, Northern Flickers, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Canada Geese, Great Horned Owl, American RobinsCritters: Mule Deer (Bucks and Doe), Tree Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sun with light but biting breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gadwall, Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Red-breasted Mergansers, Canada Geese, American White Pelican, Osprey, American Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flicker, Bewick’s Wren, Dark-eyed Juncos, American Robin, European StarlingsCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel Gear: Nikon Panasonic Lumix GH4, 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:45 AM Temperature: 44 degrees Sky: Sunshine with high, thin clouds Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Canada Geese, American White Pelican, Pied-billed Grebe, Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, American Coot, American Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flickers, Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Hooded Merganser, Crow, American Kestrel, American RobinCritters: Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 3:00 PM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Canada Geese, American White Pelican, Pied-billed Grebe, Goldeneye, Buffleheads, American Coot, Great Blue Heron, American KestrelCritters: Tree Squirrel Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 2:45 PM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine and Clouds There was no plan for me to go out to Lake Pueblo State Park today. Weather forecasters were predicting afternoon winds and the morning was cloudy and cool. But long about 2 PM the Sun popped out and there was no trace of the rumored wind. Arctic cold is predicted for the next three days so I headed out to see what there was to see. As it turned out things were pretty mellow and, like yesterday, my sunshine was swallowed up by a cloud bank halfway through my…
Environment:Start Time: 2:55 PM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunshine Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Mallards, Gulls, American Coot, Canada Geese, Dark-eyed Juncos, Starlings, American Bald Eagle, American White Pelican, Belted Kingfisher, Red-tailed Hawk, Pied-billed GrebeCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 2:40 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, light breeze. Yet another terrific day to be out in nature. A lot more of the smaller birds were active today as you can tell by the “small” gallery posted below. I was also using a more appropriate camera today than I was yesterday – but it was still heavy. Instead of a featured image I am trying to sneak in a featured video – hopefully posted above. If you can’t see it here on HSC.com try viewing it here. What it is is a group of ducks –…
Environment:Start Time: 2:20 PM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine some clouds – little breeze Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, Gulls, American Coot, belted kingfisher, Townsend’s Solitaire, Great Blue Heron, Canada Geese, Red-tailed Hawk, Black-capped ChickadeeCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 3:35 PM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Cloud-filtered sunshine Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robin, White-crowned Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Red-tailed Hawk, Merlin(?), Sharp-shinned Hawk, Great Blue HeronCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 3:45 PM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine with a slight breeze Great walking conditions are hanging on at Lake Pueblo State Park. Staff at the park are continuing cleaning up from last week’s big wind storm and things are getting back to normal. I’m not sure but I’m thinking the wind blew away a lot of birds. Some are still around, though. Posted here is another Hawk in flight shot but this one is certainly a Red-tailed Hawk. Below is a group of Common Goldeneye ducks who seem to be settling in and calming down – they didn’t…