July 11, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Starlings, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Eastern Wood Pewee, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Oriole, Common Grackle, American Robins, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawks, Wrens Red-winged Blackbirds, Blue Jay, American Kestrel, Redheaded WoodpeckerCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

June 03, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunshine thin clouds with a light breeze Excellent weather continues. The trees were filled with bird chatter and the Starlings were flitting all over the place but really there was not much bird activity this morning. I did come home with some interesting pictures despite the avian drought. First off I surprised a mother Wood Duck who was giving duck lessons to her brood of nine and so managed the photo posted below. The Arkansas River was running very high today so I found this group in a calmer drainage tributary leading…