Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Cloudy with occasional sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged teal, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, Canada Geese, American Kestrel, Pied-billed Grebe, Gulls, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Common Grackle, Belted Kingfisher, Turkey VultureCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, Northern Flicker, Barn Swallows, Red-winged BlackbirdCritters: Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 2:45 PM Temperature: 68 degrees Sky: Sunshine I’m starting to wonder if the current warm temperatures are driving the birds off in search of a place to cool off. Things were pretty quiet at LPSP this afternoon. I was hoping to find some smaller, cooperative birds to test out my vintage Olympus E-1 camera with its flash attachment. This rig requires me to get pretty close to my subject but I got no volunteers today. So today’s featured image is a late Winter image of whats left of last Summer’s sunflowers with the Arkansas River shimmering in the…
Environment:Start Time: 3:35 PM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sun: 1 Clouds: 0 Kind of a cold afternoon but since I’ve been cooped up for two days I decided to go for it. Once again I misjudged what proper attire should be. I finished the whole two miles but as I write this 1.5 hours after returning home I am still cold. Tomorrow is forecast to be warmer. Despite all my suffering this outing was a huge success tinged with a little sadness. Today’s featured image (above) is an American Bald Eagle marking (for me) the official opening of Eagle Season….
Environment:Start Time: 3:20 PM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Mornings remain quite chilly so I’m sticking to later afternoon walks. Not to say that these afternoons are wildly toasty. When I walk in the mornings I often start out dressed warmly and end my walk quite overheated. Now days I start out dressed lightly and as the Sun sinks I get less and less comfortable. Other than that ,things are not changing much day to day. I keep hoping to run across an Egret or an Eagle or something else more exciting than Mallards. Today’s featured image is…
Environment:Start Time: 3:05 PM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. Today’s outing was another visit to the South shore of the Arkansas River. Birding was not particularly exciting with only brief appearances of what is probably going to be the standard set of avian subjects. I got a couple of shots of a Great Blue Heron and a Killdeer. Fortunately I also brought along my infrared camera which kept me entertained. I got a number of shots featuring the Arkansas River and its surrounding Winter scenery – one of which is today’s featured image. A second example is…
Environment:Start Time: 3:25 PM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine with light breeze. The last day of November closed out in a spectacular display of color. Fortunately I showed up today with the my wide angle kit intending to get some scenic shots before every last leaf has abandoned its tree. I started a little late today and the Sun was setting on me when I noticed that the clouds in the West were teasing what could be another beautiful sunset. So after shooting a few typical scenic images posted here and below, I hustled up to my favorite…
Environment:Start Time: 3:25 PM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Gulls, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robin, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned Sparrow, Sparrows, Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chickadee, Belted KingfisherCritters: Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-200mm
Environment:Start Time: 3:10 PM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sun, high clouds. Another great afternoon walk goes into the books. What birds there were were pretty active but in no mood to be photographed. Posted here is the one Dark-eyed Junco who had a minute to stop and think. But things took a good turn at the end of my walk. The Sun was doing interesting things with the thin clouds that were floating around in the West over Lake Pueblo. So instead of going straight home I drove up to my usual spot on the Lake Pueblo Dam and waited…
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…