Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
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
Environment:Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sun muted by thick haze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Duck, Double Crested Cormorants, Green Heron, Mourning Doves, Western Kingbirds, Ospreys, Common Grackles, Northern Flickers, Blue Grosbeak, American Robins, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Goldfinch, Western Wood Pewee, Yellow Warbler, Western Meadowlark, Great Horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawks, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Sunny with a few decorative clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Killdeer, Starlings, Mourning Doves, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Western Wood Pewee, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbirds, Common Sandpiper, Great Horned Owls, Common Grackles, Double Crested Cormorants, Blue Grosbeak, Northern FlickerCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Red Ants, Wood Louse, Prairie Dog, Pinacate Beetle Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:20 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Killdeer, Starlings, Mourning Doves, Canada Geese, Cooper’s Hawk, Green Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Western Wood Pewee, Eastern Kingbird, House WrensCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Dragonflies, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Common Sandpiper, Starlings, Mourning Doves, Canada Geese, Cooper’s Hawk, Green Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Grosbeak, American Yellow Warbler, Great Blue Heron, Eastern Kingbird, House WrensCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Dragonflies Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunny. Muggy. Buggy. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Eastern Kingbirds, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawks, Green Heron, Great Blue Heron, White-breasted Nuthatch, Redheaded Woodpecker, Wren, Sandpiper, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common GrackleCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Spider, Prairie Dog, Dragonflies, Toad Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds with a light breeze The holiday weekend is long gone and the rain has let up so it was time to head out to Lake Pueblo State Park once again. Things were looking good out there and the mud was far less than I expected. On the birding front today was a bit different than usual. The Arkansas River is still quite high (because of the rain) so I only saw one Mallard, one Cormorant and two Common Mergansers out on the water. I ran across a group of…