Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 11, 2025

March 11, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Eventually sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Gadwalls, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneye, Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, Gulls, Starlings, Great Horned Owl, Wild Turkeys, Blue Jays, White-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Flickers, Downy Woodpeckers, Dark-eyed Juncos, Belted Kingfisher, Eastern Bluebirds, Mountain Bluebird, Red-winged Blackbird, White-breasted Nuthatch, American CootsCritters: Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 05, 2025

March 05, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 27 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Gadwalls, Buffleheads, Green-winged Teal, Gulls, Great Horned Owls, Red-tailed Hawk, Wild Turkeys, American Kestrel, Doves, Northern Flickers, Blue Jays, White-crowned Sparrows, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Blue HeronCritters: Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 18, 2023

April 18, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered/obscured sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Gadwalls, Mallards, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Kestrel, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawk, White-crowned Sparrows, Sparrows, Northern Flicker, Belted Kingfisher, Mourning Doves, Blue Jay, Cattle EgretsCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Tree Squirrels, Butterfly, Wood Louse Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
April 02, 2023

April 02, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Mallards, Gadwalls, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Great Blue Heron, Mourning Dove, Wood Ducks, Northern Flickers, Red-tailed Hawk, Greater Yellowlegs, Double Crested Cormorants, White-crowned Sparrows, American Kestrels, Hooded Mergansers, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Jays, American Pipit, Townsend’s Solitaire, Dark-eyed Juncos, Cooper’s Hawk, Wild Turkeys, Turkey VulturesCritters: Prairie Dog, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 12, 2023

March 12, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 9:15 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: Mixed sunshine and clouds with varying breeze. Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Gadwalls, American Coot, Red-breasted Merganser, Mallards, Gulls, Canada Geese, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Hooded Mergansers, Starlings, Cooper’s Hawks, Great Blue Herons, Woodpecker, Black-capped Chickadees, Belted Kingfisher, Mourning DovesCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 28, 2022

September 28, 2022

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

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
August 09, 2022

August 09, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Sun and clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Spotted Sandpiper, Starlings, Mourning Doves, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawks, Green Heron, Redheaded Woodpecker, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Robins, Northern FlickersCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Monarch Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Dragonflies Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
July 31, 2022

July 31, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunny. Muggy. Buggy. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Eastern Kingbirds, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawks, Green Heron, Great Blue Heron, White-breasted Nuthatch, Redheaded Woodpecker, Wren, Sandpiper, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common GrackleCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Spider, Prairie Dog, Dragonflies, Toad Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 23, 2021

March 23, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:30 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sun with increasing clouds, light breeze Managed, once again, to hit the trail early in the morning. Conditions were favorable though there wasn’t a lot of activity at first. Things picked up when I passed by the Osprey nest being settled by those first two Osprey I saw last week. I caught the two of them in an intimate moment and got a few pictures which I will not share because HSC.com is “G” rated. A little further on I spotted a Cooper’s Hawk nestled deep into the branches of a tree….

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