Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 23 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Bufflehead, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, Wild Turkeys, Belted Kingfisher, American Robins, Great Blue HeronsCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 33 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. No Herons Were Harmed in the Making of this Post Great Blue Herons were not the only types of birds that I managed to photograph this first day of November. But their images came out the best. The featured image and the one at the bottom of this post are the same bird. The one in flight pictured here might be the same one as well but I can’t be sure since they don’t wear name tags. There were three Belted Kingfishers flying up and down the river either playing…
Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 41 degrees Sky: Clouds and sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Gulls, Starlings, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorant, Northern Flickers, Belted Kingfisher, White-crowned Sparrows, Wild Turkeys, American Robins, Great Blue Herons, Woodpeckers, Great Horned OwlCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit, Tree Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 47 degrees Sky: Clouds and sunshine. The Great Blue Heron pictured here (and everywhere else on the post) is the only bird that I even got close to this morning. I’m so happy it was on my side of the river and felt like getting its picture on the Internet. I saw no Cormorants, Ospreys or Red-tailed Hawks. I did get a brief glance at a passing Cooper’s Hawk and I saw some American Kestrels way up in a tree as I drove home. Happily, the Heron shots are pretty decent so I guess the…
Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Pretty cloudy to start big improvement later. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Cinnamon Teals, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, Killdeer, Belted Kingfishers, Redheaded Woodpeckers, Red-winged BlackbirdsCritters: Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, millions of flying bugs Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikkor 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, Killdeer, American Kestrels, Belted Kingfishers, Green Heron, Blue JaysCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Beaver Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikkor 55-300mm
Taking a little break for family stuff. Here is what was going on last year on this day. Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Ring-billed Gulls, Spotted Sandpipers, Killdeer, Canada Geese, Great Blue Herons, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Prairie Falcon, Red-winged Blackbirds, Belted Kingfisher, Barn Swallows, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:35 AM Temperature: 65 degrees Sky: Sunshine with a few clouds. Not everyone was having a slow day in Rock Canyon this morning. Pictured here is an Osprey banking off the Arkansas River with an impressive catch in hand. Really, Osprey and Great Blue Herons were about all there was to shoot today. Featured is a heron giving me a sunrise flight downriver. I keep looking for that Green Heron that I’ve seen a couple of times near the river bend Osprey nest but today it was a no-show. If nothing else, the fantastic weather is going to…
Environment:Start Time: 6:10 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Mostly Sunshine with light haze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Doves, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Barn Swallows, Northern Flickers, Cooper’s Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Spotted Sandpipers, Common Grackles, Green Heron (possible), Red-winged Blackbird, Great Horned Owl, Blue JaysCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, Tree Squirrels, Pepsis, Bobcat, Cicada Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:00 AM Temperature: 70 degrees Sky: Sunshine, clouds with light wind. I am going to blame the wind for the lack of bird images that came home on my camera’s memory card today. All of the bigger birds were riding the air currents high over Lake Pueblo State Park and the smaller birds were hunkered down out of sight (except for the Starlings and Doves). Featured today is the belly of an Osprey peacefully floating by. The one interesting (but not so good) shot that I got is what I believe to be a juvenile Blue Grosbeak. This…