Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Haze filtered sunshine few clouds pleasant breeze Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Starlings, Robins, Common Grackle, Osprey, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingbirds, Bullock’s Oriole, Woodpecker, Mississippi Kite, Blue Jay, Western Kingbirds, Flycatcher, Red-winged Blackbird, American Kestrel, KilldeerCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Squirrel, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine thin clouds with little breeze Not a lot going on at Lake Pueblo State Park early this morning. Another good day in terms of seeing and hearing birds but not so great in the photography department. I saw quite a few Osprey flying around – I have posted one photo here of a pair who seemed to be in some kind of chase activity. Don’t know if it was for fun or not. A pretty good sized group of Mule Deer turned up which was nice to see – I think…
Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine fading clouds with a light breeze Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Osprey, Starlings, Cormorants, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Mallards, Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Wren, Bullock’s Oriole, Northern Flicker, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Great Horned Owl, White-throated Flycatcher, Mississippi Kite, Great Blue HeronCritters: Prairie Dogs, Squirrel, Cabbage Butterflies, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sun and clouds with a light breeze Another terrific morning to be out in Nature. Though I’m not sure the birds and beasts shared that sentiment as not many were making themselves visible. I spent a good deal of effort chasing Blue Jays, Wrens and Yellow-rumped Warblers through the branches of trees with no luck. I got a poor shot of a small bird that Google identifies as a Gray Catbird but I am dubious so I’m neither posting that picture nor claiming the sighting. While I was trying to shoot the…
Lake Pueblo State Park plays host to a diverse array of avian wildlife throughout the year. Below is just a sampling of what can be seen while walking through the Rock Canyon area.
We started on our walk today around 6:10 in 57 degrees and the sun behind a low cloud bank in the East. No other clouds were poised to offer any further resistance to the sun with only a small amount of haze and a very light breeze. As I expected the sun cleared the clouds just as we arrived on the river bank. The park was oddly unpopulated this morning I assume because everyone was up late last night celebrating the Fourth of July. Hungry, Hungry Herons I, again, made sure to pass by the heron nest to see if…