Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 66 degrees Sky: Sun filtered by heavy wildfire haze and clouds. No breeze. Air Quality alert in effect. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Starlings, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Northern Flicker, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbird, American Kestrel, Belted KingfisherCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Stink Beetle, Monarch Butterfly, Tarantula Hawk Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze filtered sunshine. Very little breeze. I arrived early again this morning with high hopes for a good day – I mean, it’s 7-11 after all. If there was a highlight for today’s outing it would have to be the presence of many American Kestrels. I saw one tree with three and another with four. I believe these were family outings with the younger ones getting some hunting pointers from the adults. I only got one presentable shot (below) of what I believe to be one of the youngsters. There were…