December 15, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. I came very close to not even posting about this morning’s walk because it was so uneventful. I saw very few birds – not even a single Starling! Fortunately I found the featured American Kestrel staking out the picnic area by the Anticline Fishing Pond as I was heading back to the parking lot. I think this is a female but either way a very patient and cooperative subject. The other lady posted here is a House Finch who was not as cooperative and made me work to capture…

October 20, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, American Robins, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Sparrows, House Finches, Belted Kingfisher, RavenCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Painted Lady Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm