Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, light haze, welcome breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Rouen Duck, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Mourning Dove, Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Red-winged Blackbird, Great Blue Heron, Common GracklesCritters: Prairie Dogs, Monarch Butterfly, Tree Squirrels Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 67 degrees Sky: Mostly sunny. No breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Starlings, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Cormorants, American Robins, Canada Geese, Northern Flicker, American Kestrel, Common Grackle ,Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owl, Great Blue Heron, Red-winged Blackbirds, Belted Kingfisher, KilldeerCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Monarch Butterfly, Rock Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze and cloud muted sunshine. No breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Starlings, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, American Robins, Canada Geese, American Kestrel, Common Grackle, Mississippi Kite, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Downy Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbirds, Yellow-headed Blackbird, House WrenCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Butterfly
Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze muted sunshine. No breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Starlings, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, American Robins, Canada Geese, Orchard Oriole, American Kestrel, Common Grackle, Mississippi Kite, Western Wood Pewee, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Mourning DoveCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Common Tan Wave Moth, Cottontail Rabbit
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze filtered sunshine. Very little breeze. I arrived early again this morning with high hopes for a good day – I mean, it’s 7-11 after all. If there was a highlight for today’s outing it would have to be the presence of many American Kestrels. I saw one tree with three and another with four. I believe these were family outings with the younger ones getting some hunting pointers from the adults. I only got one presentable shot (below) of what I believe to be one of the youngsters. There were…
Environment:Start Time: 8:30AM Temperature: 66 degrees Sky: Sun filtered by thick wildfire haze, light breeze Lately we southern Colorado residents have been treated to large quantities of wildfire smoke darkening our skies. Currently there are five fires burning in Colorado (North) and if that wasn’t enough smoke the jet stream is adding smoke from the countless fires consuming California. This situation has kept Whisper and I stuck indoors for the last couple of days. Cabin fever won out today and we waited until after 8 AM to venture out. Overall that turned out to be a good decision. The sky…
Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Scattered Sunshine, light breeze After skipping yesterday’s outing due to heavy cloud cover I had high hopes for this morning. There were some clouds in the East interfering with the Sun but I thought the old guy would rise above the problem. Well, he made a good effort but in the end the clouds won. It was no big loss since the wildlife activity both on the ground and in the air was pretty sparse. I spotted an Owl early on but he vanished into the trees. Just like my last outing,…