Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m on a holiday break – here is what was going on this date in 2021! Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sun, clouds and a hefty breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, Great Blue Heron, Starlings, Pied-billed GrebeCritters: Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:35 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Canada Geese, Great Blue Heron, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Mourning Doves, Blue Jay, Northern Flickers, Gray Kingbird (possible), Common GracklesCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Tree Squirrel, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Canada Geese, Great Blue Heron, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Magpie, Barn Swallows, Mourning Doves, Blue Jays, Turkey Vulture, Northern Flickers, Wrens, Common Sandpipers, Belted KingfisherCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Haze filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Western Kingbird, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Great Blue Heron, Common Grackle, American Kestrel, Wrens, Wild Turkey, Northern Flicker, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Wood Louse, Cottontail Rabbit, Ornate Tree Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Sunny with a few decorative clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Killdeer, Starlings, Mourning Doves, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Western Wood Pewee, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbirds, Common Sandpiper, Great Horned Owls, Common Grackles, Double Crested Cormorants, Blue Grosbeak, Northern FlickerCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Red Ants, Wood Louse, Prairie Dog, Pinacate Beetle Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sun, clouds and a hefty breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, Great Blue Heron, Starlings, Pied-billed GrebeCritters: Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, unpredictable breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Not much action again this morning. I’m seeing fewer and fewer Ospreys. Same thing for Cormorants. I think folks are headed South. One of the few Osprey that I did see won the honor of being the featured image. It was flying around hauling a huge tangle of river gunk. I didn’t see a fish in there at all. I’m not sure if he was hauling it on purpose or if the load was tangled around its feet. I…