Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, occasional breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Killdeer, Gulls, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Turkey Vulture, Lesser Yellowlegs, Blue Jays, Common Grackles, HawkCritters: Prairie Dogs, Woodlouse, Monarch Butterfly, Orange Sulphur Butterfly, Cabbage Butterfly, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 10:15 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine, light breeze Even though conditions were nowhere near ideal today’s walk was amazingly successful. Many of the nests I am watching were active and there were several new visitors enjoying the Arkansas River. The second half of my tour was the most productive in terms of photography. A Snowy Egret (today’s featured image) allowed me to get pretty close. A little later I saw two Red-tailed Hawks reeling high over the park – not sure if this was courtship or just recreation but I have posted one of the…