Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 29, 2024

January 29, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 32 degrees Sky: Sunshine to start then cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneyes, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Mergansers, Green-winged Teal, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Canada Geese, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Wild Turkeys, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Bushtits, Northern Flickers, Dark-eyed JuncosCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 07, 2023

July 07, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 65 degrees Sky: Sun with thinning clouds; very muggy! Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Common Merganser, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Kingbirds (E&W), Bullock’s Oriole, American Robins, Ospreys, Common Grackles, Barn Swallows, possible Killdeer, Northern Flickers, Redheaded Woodpecker, Great Blue HeronsCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
May 30, 2023

May 30, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine and some clouds. Sightings:Birds: Common Mergansers, Wood Duck, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Western Kingbirds, Orioles, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flickers, American Robins, American Kestrel, Barn Swallows, WrenCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Mosquitoes, Prairie Dog, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm; Canon Powershot G12

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
May 29, 2023

May 29, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine welcome breeze. Sightings:Birds: Common Mergansers, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Western Kingbirds, Orioles, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Wild Turkey, Northern Flickers, American Robins, Eastern Kingbird, American Kestrel, Barn Swallows, Wren, HummingbirdCritters: Mule Deer, Red Ants, Tree Squirrels, Mosquitoes, Prairie Dog, Variegated Fritillary Butterfly, Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
July 06, 2022

July 06, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. After a few days off for a holiday trip I am back on the trail. Very warm and sunny – so much so that I found myself wishing for one of those breezes that I complained about in February. Lake pueblo State Park seems to have survived the Fourth of July in pretty good shape. The only Osprey action I saw came from a group of four Western Kingbirds driving one of the bigger birds from its perch over the Arkansas River. Pictured below is my first close-up…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 24, 2022

June 24, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 69 degrees Sky: Brilliant Sunshine with a few clouds. Yet another beautiful walking day. Yet another photographically frustrating day. Still it was a little better than yesterday. The House Wren posted at the bottom was kind enough to stop for a split second so I could justify bringing my camera out to Lake Pueblo State Park. And for the featured image up top I have a Common Merganser drake cruising in the sunshine on the Arkansas River. Usually its (I assume) mate is also present but today was nowhere to be seen. Plenty of Osprey…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
June 18, 2022

June 18, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 65 degrees Sky: Cloudy to start – Sunny at the end. Today’s walk started out cloudy but cool and ended sunny and a little too warm. The temperature raised close to ten degrees over the course of the outing. Not a lot was going on. Today’s featured image is a Common Merganser couple who have been haunting a shallow spot on the Arkansas River for the last week. Otherwise the river is still used by only the brave at heart. One Osprey teased me by hovering over the river but it never made a strike….

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
June 15, 2022

June 15, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Mostly Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, Osprey, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, Swallows, Barn Swallows, House Wren, Common Merganser, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-winged Blackbirds, Mississippi Kite, American KestrelCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
April 25, 2022

April 25, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 38 degrees Sky: Sunshine few clouds with biting breeze. Today’s featured image (above) is just a sample of the snow that greeted me this morning in Rock Canyon. This is my favorite kind of snow – it falls overnight and is mostly melted by morning. The big activity today has to center around the Swallows that were swarming the Arkansas River. Just below are my attempts to capture them on my memory card. The results are at least good enough to make a positive ID – Violet-green Swallows. The mini-gallery at the bottom of this…

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