Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Gulls, Blue Jays, Ospreys, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Great Blue Herons, Common Grackles, Northern Flickers, Killdeer, Turkey Vultures, Doves, American Kestrels, Redheaded WoodpeckersCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, beaver, squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Gulls, Blue Jays, Ospreys, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Great Blue Herons, Common Grackles, Northern Flickers, Pewees, Spotted Sandpiper, Killdeer, American Robins, Turkey Vultures, Eastern Kingbird, DovesCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Widow Skimmers Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 8:45 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, House Wren, Belted Kingfishers, American Kestrels, Wild Turkeys, Killdeer, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned Sparrows, Cooper’s Hawk, RavenCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S 55-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 8:45 AM Temperature: 35 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Killdeer, Gulls, Dark-eyed Junco, Woodpeckers, Northern Flicker, Great Blue Heron, Canada Geese, American Kestrel, Wild Turkey, Great Horned Owl, woodpeckerCritters: None Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m on a holiday break – here is what was going on this date in 2021! Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sun, clouds and a hefty breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gadwalls, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, Great Blue Heron, Starlings, Pied-billed GrebeCritters: Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:25 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Total sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Osprey, Starlings, Northern Flickers, Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, Owl, White-crowned Sparrows, White-breasted NuthatchesCritters: Prairie Dogs, Cabbage White Butterflies, Painted Lady Butterfly, Tree Squirrel, Ornate Tree Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Total sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flickers, Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, Red-tailed Hawk, SparrowsCritters: Prairie Dogs, Cabbage White Butterflies, Monarch-like butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Canada Geese, Gulls, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Killdeer, Northern Flickers, Blue Jay, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, Wren, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common GracklesCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Tarantula, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:35 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine with increasing wind. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Canada Geese, Gulls, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Crows, Killdeer, Northern Flickers, Blue Jay, Belted KingfisherCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Yet another low activity day out on the trail through Rock Canyon – if you don’t count bicyclists and fishermen. The Osprey were mostly either sitting around or flying around looking for a place to sit. Today’s featured image is the only Osprey I saw working on filling its belly. This one pulled his breakfast out of the water well upriver from my location but flew straight at me which allowed me to capture it and its new friend. Pictured here is a Killdeer and what Google says is…