Sightings
December 09, 2021 Re-post

December 09, 2021 Re-post

I continue to make progress recovery-wise. I think I am virus clear buy am remaining in isolation for safety’s sake. Here is a look back at what was happening last year. Environment:Start Time: 9:05 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. Pleasantly warm temperature lured me back to the morning shift and my regular route today. A pretty nice selection of avian subjects were around though not many who were interested in being posted on the Internet today. Today’s featured image (above) is a Killdeer who I surprised on the river bank before he could hide. Below is…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 18, 2022

October 18, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunny. All quiet this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. Even though the temperature was one degree warmer than yesterday when I started it seemed around three degrees colder. Maybe that was the reason so few birds were out and about. Today’s featured image is a couple of Killdeer who were prowling the bank of the Arkansas River. There were actually three of them but I never could get them all in one shot. I saw no Cormorants and no Osprey which I am taking as a sign of the times. Another…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
September 27, 2022

September 27, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunny with incidental clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Blue Jays, Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, House Finches, Canada Geese, Blue-winged Teal, Red-tailed Hawk, Possible Cooper’s Hawk, Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, MagpieCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Cabbage White Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Ornate Tree Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
May 16, 2022

May 16, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Heavily cloud filtered sunshine with no breeze. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Mallards, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Yellow-breasted Chat, Bullock’s Orioles, Western Kingbird, Northern Flicker, Mourning Doves, Swallows, Wrens, KilldeerCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife

January 24, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 2:40 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, light breeze. Yet another terrific day to be out in nature. A lot more of the smaller birds were active today as you can tell by the “small” gallery posted below. I was also using a more appropriate camera today than I was yesterday – but it was still heavy. Instead of a featured image I am trying to sneak in a featured video – hopefully posted above. If you can’t see it here on HSC.com try viewing it here. What it is is a group of ducks –…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 09, 2021

December 09, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:05 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. Pleasantly warm temperature lured me back to the morning shift and my regular route today. A pretty nice selection of avian subjects were around though not many who were interested in being posted on the Internet today. Today’s featured image (above) is a Killdeer who I surprised on the river bank before he could hide. Below is the only other cooperative (and close) subject I saw – an American Kestrel. Looking back at last year on this day I see that I had much better luck as you…

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
October 12, 2021

October 12, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:20 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Sunshine with some clouds in the West. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Flicker, Gulls, Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, Blue Jay, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorant, Belted Kingfisher, American Robins, European Starlings, Turkey VultureCritters: Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Cabbage Butterfly Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 03, 2021

October 03, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Brilliant sunshine with a healthy (but not cold) breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Double Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Gulls, Audubon’s Warbler, Killdeer, Cedar Waxwings, Black-capped ChickadeeCritters: Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Butterflies (Monarch, Orange Sulphur, Cabbage) Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 12, 2021

September 12, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, light haze, very slight breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Common Grackle, Great Blue Heron, Violet-green Swallows, House Wren, Killdeer, Gulls, American KestrelCritters: Prairie Dogs, Orange Sulphur Butterfly, Cabbage Butterfly, Common Darter (dragonfly) Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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