Birds Sightings Wildlife
November 17, 2024

November 17, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 30 degrees Sky: Sunshine. There wasn’t much going on out on the trail this morning. I only saw the one female Belted Kingfisher pictured here on what seems to be a favorite perch along the Arkansas River. She even lets me get pretty close before leaving. Featured is what I think is a female House Finch who kindly hung around after all her companions flew off to another tree. She was happy munching on the seeds and did not find me at all intimidating. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, American Kestrel, Belted…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
November 21, 2023

November 21, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Buffleheads, Blue-winged Teal, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Herons, Black-capped Chickadee, Bushtits, Dark-eyed Juncos, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flickers, KilldeerCritters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Sightings
November 16, 2022 – Repost

November 16, 2022 – Repost

Weather today in 2023 is not cooperating so I am reaching back into the archive to see what was going on in 2022! Enjoy. Environment:Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sun with light breeze. Bright sunshine and less of a breeze were the order of the day. Lake Pueblo State Park was pretty quite with only the smaller birds (and not many of them) busy with their normal activities. Today’s featured image is a Rusty Blackbird ( a new bird for me) that I thought was a Starling when I made the capture but Google set me straight….

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
November 07, 2023

November 07, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Common Goldeneye Ducks, Gulls, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Northern Flickers, Belted Kingfishers, Great Blue Herons, American Kestrels, Red-tailed Hawk, Blue Jays, Bushtits (maybe), Downy WoodpeckerCritters: Mule Deer, butterflies, Grasshopper Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
November 16, 2022

November 16, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sun with light breeze. Bright sunshine and less of a breeze were the order of the day. Lake Pueblo State Park was pretty quite with only the smaller birds (and not many of them) busy with their normal activities. Today’s featured image is a Rusty Blackbird ( a new bird for me) that I thought was a Starling when I made the capture but Google set me straight. I caught this picture of a male House Finch first thing and just a little later the White-breasted Nuthatch in the mini-gallery below landed…

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
October 20, 2022

October 20, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, American Robins, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Sparrows, House Finches, Belted Kingfisher, RavenCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Painted Lady Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
October 12, 2022

October 12, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunny. One of those days. Absolutely perfect conditions for touring the park and not much there to photograph. The sexiest birds I saw were the Double Crested Cormorants and they were all way up waving at the Space Station. There were a lot of American Robins who were really keyed up for some reason. They were flying all around – jumping from branch to branch and sometimes chasing each other. One Robin almost hit me. Strange. The second most active group was the Red-winged Blackbirds who were also kind of jumpy but…

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
November 22, 2021

November 22, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:05 AM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sun with few clouds. Check out last year’s walk on this day HERE. Cool starting temperatures gave way to enough radiant heating to make me regret wearing a heavy sweatshirt by the end of today’s walk. Still pretty nice conditions for late November. Bird photography turned out to be just OK with most birds seen only in flight and pretty far away. I was surprised to catch a couple of House Finches (posted below) checking things out. I had to take their pictures since they were standing pretty still and had graciously…

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