Sightings
January 15, 2021 Re-post

January 15, 2021 Re-post

Environment:Start Time: 2:10 PM Temperature: 44 degrees Sky: Sunny, few clouds, intermittent breeze Frigid conditions still holding me indoors here in 2024. Here is another walk down memory lane from this day in 2021. Hope to be back soon. The temperature finally reached a level that I deemed “walkable” with only a mild breeze so I made it out of the house this afternoon for a good long walk. I came today carrying the appropriate ee quipment for getting some bird photos. Today’s featured image of an American Kestrel demonstrates that I made a good decision. I was also lucky…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 04, 2023

December 04, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 34 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneye, Gadwall, Canada Geese, Greater Yellowlegs, Gulls, White-crowned Sparrows, Sparrows, Belted Kingfishers, Great Blue Herons, Great Horned Owl, Cooper’s Hawk, Wild Turkeys, Northern Flicker, American KestrelCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 01, 2023

April 01, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 8:35 AM Temperature: 38 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, Mallards, Cinnamon teal, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, American Robin, Great Blue Herons, Mourning Dove, Wood Ducks, Northern Flickers, Red-tailed Hawk, Greater Yellowlegs, Double Crested Cormorant, White-crowned Sparrows, American Kestrels, Hooded Mergansers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Belted Kingfisher, Blue JaysCritters: Prairie Dog, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 2:10 PM Temperature: 44 degrees Sky: Sunny, few clouds, intermittent breeze The temperature finally reached a level that I deemed “walkable” with only a mild breeze so I made it out of the house this afternoon for a good long walk. I came today carrying the appropriate equipment for getting some bird photos. Today’s featured image of an American Kestrel demonstrates that I made a good decision. I was also lucky enough to catch a Greater Yellowlegs poking around the Arkansas River – his portrait is posted below. The one thing that struck me as I walked was…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
November 05, 2020

November 05, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunny, no clouds, light breeze Warm again this morning. A bit of a breeze was fluttering those leaves with the fortitude to still be on their tree. Yesterday I had many opportunities to chase the smaller birds around but today things were much quieter. The smallest bird I managed to shoot was a Hairy Woodpecker, though I have to admit I passed on a couple of White-Crowned Sparrows who were doing their best to be photographed. My luck was better with bigger birds today. I spotted a Red-Tailed Hawk early on the…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 29, 2020

October 29, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 1:35 PM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunny, no clouds, noticeable breeze A long four-day stretch of wicked cold and snow that has kept me stuck at home finally broke today. I made it out to the river after lunch and was surprised to find the trails much drier than I had expected. Dry trails were not the only surprise that greeted me this afternoon. As I walked past the Anticline Fishing Pond I noticed that out toward the middle of the pond a Western Grebe was happily feeding. For the past several years I have seen a Grebe…

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