Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:00 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Cloud Mitigated Sun. Sightings:Birds: American Robins, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, Starlings, Western Meadowlark, Hawk, American KestrelCritters: Mule Deer, Coyotes, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 37 degrees Sky: Sunshine and haze. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, Mallards, Green-winged Teals, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Gulls, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flickers, Blue Jays, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned Sparrows, Starlings, Crow, Killdeer, Belted Kingfisher, Black-capped Chickadees, Red-winged BlackbirdCritters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:25 AM Temperature: 24 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, Gadwalls, American Coots, Red-breasted Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Buffleheads, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Mourning Dove, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Wild Turkeys, Red-tailed Hawks, Dark-eyed Juncos, American Bald EagleCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Haze filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Mourning Doves, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Double Crested Cormorants, Black-capped Chickadees, Redheaded Woodpeckers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings, Northern Flickers, Common Grackles, Cooper’s Hawk, Gulls, Great Horned OwlCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, 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: 3:05 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: 6:55 PM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunshine, clouds with light breeze An ugly morning led to a late afternoon outing at Lake Pueblo State Park. Though the bird activity was less than frantic I managed to get the best look at the little Great Horned Owlet so far – today’s featured image. I think he is outgrowing the nest. After that there was not many birds looking to be photographed. Since the Sun was going down I headed up to the top of the Lake Pueblo Dam and tried a few sunset scenic views. One of those (better…
Environment:Start Time: 9:00 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunny with few clouds; light breeze Weather predictions of a warm day ahead got me motivated and out the door earlier than usual. Of course, as things start to really heat up I’ll be hitting the trail even earlier than today. I was certainly not the first visitor of the day but attendance was still light. My walk was pretty unremarkable in terms of photography though I managed to capture a “new” bird – a Rufous-sided Towhee – today’s featured image. I almost didn’t even bother shooting him because he was bouncing…
Environment:Start Time: 6:15 PM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunny with few clouds; light breeze Since Last evening’s outing was so successful I decided to try it again. I did see a good number of birds but none were anywhere near enough to get a useful image. I thought I had spotted a Starling nest last evening but I was not able to relocate it. The Heron nest that was so entertaining last night was completely abandoned. So I was disappointed as I neared the end of my normal route and decided to turn off my camera and just enjoy the…
Environment:Start Time: 10:25 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Mix of Sun and clouds, light breeze Spring-like weather is persisting and will so for most of the week ahead. Local weather forecasters are promising us a snowy Saturday. Not at all unusual weather for March in Southeastern Colorado. Birds are still playing hard to get but activity is picking up. I could hear a number of unfamiliar bird calls and a couple of recognizable (by me) ones. There were Blue Jays about to be sure. I also heard a Belted Kingfisher. Aside from using my zoom lens to ID some of…