October 07, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine, clouds and intermittent breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Slightly less sunshine and way fewer birds than yesterday but still a very pleasant outing this morning. I heard but did not see Blue Jays so I know they are still around. Also still around are a few Double Crested Cormorants a picture of one is posted below flying by. And the Gulls are starting to be seen more often on and above the Arkansas River. Today’s featured image (above) is a group of European Starlings gathered way up…

August 24, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 8:30AM Temperature: 66 degrees Sky: Sun filtered by thick wildfire haze, light breeze Lately we southern Colorado residents have been treated to large quantities of wildfire smoke darkening our skies. Currently there are five fires burning in Colorado (North) and if that wasn’t enough smoke the jet stream is adding smoke from the countless fires consuming California. This situation has kept Whisper and I stuck indoors for the last couple of days. Cabin fever won out today and we waited until after 8 AM to venture out. Overall that turned out to be a good decision. The sky…