Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Pied-billed Grebes, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Ospreys, Woodpeckers, Northern Flickers, American Kestrels, Doves, Great Horned Owls, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Blue Jays, Turkey Vultures, SparrowsCritters: Tree Squirrels, Cabbage White Butterflies Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:35 AM Temperature: 70 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds. The Arkansas River has really perked up lately. It is running lower and smoother than it has all Summer. I saw quite a few ducks (Mallards), Cormorants and Geese as well as Killdeer and Spotted Sandpipers. And five Great Blue Herons all working the same stretch of water. Very exciting. Featured is none of these water-related birds but an Osprey flying by with a plump looking fish in one hand. Pictured here is the back end of a Great Horned Owl flying into the trees. I was pushing into…
Environment:Start Time: 6:35 AM Temperature: 65 degrees Sky: Sunshine with fluffy clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Gulls, Doves, Ospreys, Starlings, Swallows, Great Blue Heron, Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Common Grackles, Western Wood Pewee, Spotted Sandpiper, Northern FlickersCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, butterflies, Tree Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sun in a cloudless sky. Taking a little R&R. Let’s review what was going on last year on this day. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Kingbirds (E&W), Bullock’s Oriole, Wrens, American Robins, Ospreys, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Barn Swallows, Western Meadowlark, Lazuli Bunting, Yellow-breasted ChatCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrels, Ornate Tree Lizard, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 5:50 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallard Drake, Gadwalls, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Doves, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Oriole, Common Grackles, American Robins, Wild Turkeys, American Bald EagleCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Nikon D5600, AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunshine and competing clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Mourning Doves, Double Crested Cormorants, Gull, Starlings, Common Grackles, Great Horned Owl, Western Wood Peewee (?), WoodpeckerCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Pinacate Beetle Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight; Kolari/Panasonic DMC-ZS100
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sun in a cloudless sky. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Kingbirds (E&W), Bullock’s Oriole, Wrens, American Robins, Ospreys, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Barn Swallows, Western Meadowlark, Lazuli Bunting, Yellow-breasted ChatCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrels, Ornate Tree Lizard, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sun. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Kingbirds (E&W), Bullock’s Oriole, Wren, American Kestrel, American Robins, Northern Flicker, Ospreys, Great Blue Heron, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Barn Swallows, Yellow-breasted Chat, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey VultureCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingbirds, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawk, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Oriole, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Great Blue Heron, Common Grackle, American Kestrel, WrensCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Cabbage White Butterflies Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunny with few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, Common Sandpiper, Canada Geese, Cooper’s Hawk, Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbird, Pied-billed Grebe, GullsCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Cabbage White Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Tarantula Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm