Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
April 13, 2025

April 13, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 5:45 AM Temperature: 45ish degrees Sky: Clear. I did not do an “Official” walk this morning because I was up way before daybreak so I could stand on Lake Pueblo Dam and try to capture the setting of April’s Pink Moon. One of the results is today’s featured image. I Can’t say that I am super pleased with the result since I didn’t capture any detail in the Moon. It wasn’t pink either. On the way home I made a quick stop at the fishing pond to see if any Osprey were trying their luck. There was, in…

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Birds Critters Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
November 10, 2024

November 10, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 3:10 PM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine and a few clouds. After three days of heavy snow followed by two days of decent sunshine I finally decided it was safe enough to return to Rock Canyon at Lake Pueblo Stated Park and see how things had held up. Turns out – not too bad. I only saw one fallen branch and no new downed trees. Much better than my neighborhood. Still I took it kind of easy since the unpaved trails were pretty muddy. Bird-wise things were definitely sparse. The Red-tailed Hawk pictured here was a welcome surprise…

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Sightings
January 23, 2022 Re-post

January 23, 2022 Re-post

Environment:Start Time: 2:45 PM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Gadwalls, Gulls, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebe, Canada Geese, Northern Flicker, Belted Kingfisher, Hairy Woodpecker, Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, American RobinsCritters: Tree Squirrel Gear: KolariVision Lumix LS100 w Hot Mirror Filter

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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 Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
January 23, 2022

January 23, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 2:45 PM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Gadwalls, Gulls, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebe, Canada Geese, Northern Flicker, Belted Kingfisher, Hairy Woodpecker, Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, American RobinsCritters: Tree Squirrel Gear: KolariVision Lumix LS100 w Hot Mirror Filter

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Landscapes Sightings
January 20, 2022

January 20, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: Sunshine light (but punishing) breeze It was a little colder than I like it to be when I walk but I took a chance this afternoon and headed out. With full sunshine blazing through a cloudless sky it wasn’t that bad – except when the breeze hit. Not good. So I ended up cutting the walk short and got back to the car with nothing new on my camera’s memory card. Today’s featured image is another version of the sunset I shot from the Lake Pueblo Dam at the end of November….

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
April 12, 2021

April 12, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:35 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunny, light (cold) breeze Walking today would have been perfect except to the breeze zooming in from the East which packed a considerable chill. But the birds seemed unconcerned and were going about their business as usual. The osprey were active again today – not with nesting – but with fishing. The gallery below is a series of an Osprey hovering over the Arkansas River trying to spot his breakfast. He (unisex “He”) had made several unsuccessful attempts before I finally got there and while he was lining up a third attempt…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 11, 2021

April 11, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 9:00 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunny, light breeze The only word to describe this morning’s weather is perfect. I saw Starlings, Sharp-shinned Hawks and Osprey all working on their nests. Of these the most interesting were the Osprey. Their nests are built entirely of sticks and can be quite elaborate. I had always wondered where they got these sticks as I have never seen an Osprey bouncing around on the ground looking for them nor have I ever seen one carrying branches in their mouths like other birds do. Last Spring I found out where they get…

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