Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 11, 2024

July 11, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Doves, Barn Swallows, Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Northern Flickers, Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Brewer’s Blackbird, Great Horned OwlsCritters: Prairie Dogs, mosquitoes, Cabbage White Butterflies, Queen Butterfly, grasshoppers, Rock Squirrel, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Sightings
July 05, 2020 – Repost

July 05, 2020 – Repost

Still on R&R. Found this July 05 post from 2020. It is good to see the Mississippi Kite shot. These guys have not been around so much recently. We started on our walk today around 6:10 in 57 degrees and the sun behind a low cloud bank in the East. No other clouds were poised to offer any further resistance to the sun with only a small amount of haze and a very light breeze. As I expected the sun cleared the clouds just as we arrived on the river bank. The park was oddly unpopulated this morning I assume…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 28, 2024

June 28, 2024

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…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 02, 2024

June 02, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 5:40 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine. The one bird I got even a little close to is today’s featured image – a female Downy Woodpecker. She was very busy and didn’t hang around long but finally showed me her face. Otherwise I was limited to catching birds as they flew by. Got some good ones, though. The Osprey pictured here was headed in from the direction of the Fish Hatchery – so you know this fish is young and tender! And I got a Great Blue Heron and a Red-tailed Hawk. I kind of think the hawk…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
May 24, 2024

May 24, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 5:50 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Hazey sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Common Mergansers, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Blue Herons, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Northern Flickers, Doves, Turkey Vulture, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s OriolesCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 29, 2024

April 29, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:10 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Clouds and sunlight. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, White-faced Ibis, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Horned Owls, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, American Robins, American Kestrel, Northern Flickers, Doves, Common Grackles, Great Blue Herons, Wild Turkeys, Western Kingbird, Blue Jays, Red-tailed Hawk, American Bald Eagle, Red-winged Blackbirds, Say’s Phoebe, Western Meadowlark, SwallowsCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
April 22, 2024

April 22, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:10 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, Wood Ducks, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Horned Owls, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, American Robins, American Kestrels, Northern Flickers, Doves, White-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrow, Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Great Blue Herons, Western Meadowlark, Wild Turkeys, Belted Kingfisher, Blue JaysCritters: Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 07, 2024

March 07, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 35 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Buffleheads, Gadwalls, Green-winged Teal, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, crows, White-crowned Sparrows, American Robin, Red-tailed Hawk, Blue Jay, Great Horned Owl, Red-winged Blackbird, Dark-eyed JuncosCritters: Mule Deer KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 05, 2024

March 05, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 28 degrees Sky: Sunny and breezy. Things started off with a bang this morning. I spotted the Great Blue Heron pictured here (and top and bottom of this post) first thing. I got this nice shot of it wading in the Anticline Fishing Pond before I took one too many steps in its direction and spooked it. But that allowed me to capture the other two in-flight shots. After that I could have just gone home as the rest of the walk was nowhere near as exciting. Still, it was well worth the trip out….

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 02, 2024

March 02, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Buffleheads, Green-winged Teal, Gadwalls, Common Goldeneyes, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s HawksCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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