Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
April 13, 2025

April 13, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 5:45 AM Temperature: 45ish degrees Sky: Clear. I did not do an “Official” walk this morning because I was up way before daybreak so I could stand on Lake Pueblo Dam and try to capture the setting of April’s Pink Moon. One of the results is today’s featured image. I Can’t say that I am super pleased with the result since I didn’t capture any detail in the Moon. It wasn’t pink either. On the way home I made a quick stop at the fishing pond to see if any Osprey were trying their luck. There was, in…

0
Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 15, 2025

March 15, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 28 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, Red-breasted Mergansers, Gulls, Starlings, Great Horned Owl, Wild Turkeys, American Robins, Northern Flickers, Osprey, Blue Jays, White-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Doves, American Kestrel, Red-tailed HawkCritters: 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

0
Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
May 28, 2023

May 28, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Western Kingbird, Orioles, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-breasted Chat, Northern Flickers, American Robins, Blue JayCritters: Mule Deer, Red Ants, Tree Squirrels, Mosquitoes Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

0
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

0
Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 15, 2022

April 15, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunshine with light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Gadwalls, Pied-billed Grebe, Cinnamon Teals, Blue-winged Teals, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Kestrel, American Robin, European Starlings, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Double-crested Cormorants, Sparrows, Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbird, Turkey Vultures, Blue JaysCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

0
Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 02, 2022

April 02, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:35 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Sunshine with little breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gull, Canada Geese, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawks, Northern Flickers, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorants, Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbird, American Kestrels, European Starlings, American Robins, Turkey Vulture, Killdeer, Blue Jay, Townsend’s SolitaireCritters: Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm Adults Only

0
Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 27, 2021

April 27, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sun and increasing clouds with light breeze Mellow morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. The Sun was pretty well out when I arrived but the gathering clouds had really dimmed the light by the time I had finished my patrol. Today’s featured image is a favorite subject of mine – a Barn Swallow sitting on an informational sign near the parking lot at the Anticline Fishing Pond. This bird and its mate (I like to think it is the same bird, anyway) have a cozy little nest built into the eves of…

0