Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
March 18, 2024 – Repost

March 18, 2024 – Repost

High winds are making trips out to Lake Pueblo State Park a bit too uncomfortable for me. So let’s relive last year on this date. Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 37 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Gulls, Gadwalls, Hooded Mergansers, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robins, Osprey, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, White-crowned Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbird, Eurasian Collard-Dove, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-tailed Hawk, Dark-eyed JuncosCritters: Mule Deer, 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

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
February 17, 2025

February 17, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 25 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Buffleheads, American Coots, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Mergansers, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Gadwalls, Pied-billed Grebes, Gulls, Great Horned Owl, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfishers, Wild Turkeys, American Kestrel, American Bald EagleCritters: Mule Deer KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
February 06, 2025

February 06, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: All sunshine. What could have been a carbon copy of yesterday’s stellar walking conditions was blown away (literally) by an ever increasing breeze that made walking pretty uncomfortable. There was a pretty good variety of waterfowl out on the Arkansas River (see Pied-billed Grebe photo below) and two or three Great Blue Herons working hard at avoiding me. Featured is a young Mule Deer Buck who just could not take his eyes off of me. I was likewise fixated on his nice starter rack. Pictured here is a male Belted Kingfisher who…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 27, 2025

January 27, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, American Robin, Northern Flickers, Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, White-crowned Sparrows, American Coots, Wild Turkeys, Bushtits, Eastern BluebirdsCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Sightings
January 17, 2022 – Repost

January 17, 2022 – Repost

Weather and trail conditions continue to keep me at home and things are not looking better for the coming weekend. So let’s reminisce about the good old days of 2022. Environment:Start Time: 2:20 PM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine some clouds – little breeze Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, Gulls, American Coot, belted kingfisher, Townsend’s Solitaire, Great Blue Heron, Canada Geese, Red-tailed Hawk, Black-capped ChickadeeCritters: Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
January 02, 2025

January 02, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 3:15 PM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, Belted Kingfisher, American Kestrels, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Northern Flicker, Great Horned Owl, Great Blue Herons, Wild Turkeys, possible Bald EagleCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
December 04, 2024

December 04, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 33 degrees Sky: Sunshine. The streak of great weather continues with another brilliantly sunny morning. Today’s images are a little bit different, though. Featured today (mostly due to his sheer magnificence) is a Mule Deer Buck who casually crossed the Arkansas River right in front of me. Pictured here is what both Google and the Cornell Lab’s Merlin phone app identify as a Wilson’s Snipe. This is definitely a new bird for me. According to Merlin the bird is uncommon in this area. There were two of them in a shallow spot on the Arkansas…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
November 30, 2024

November 30, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 3:20 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Cold weather and holiday travel have really messed with my nature photo tours. I finally made it out for a late afternoon stroll around the Osprey Picnic Area in Rock Canyon. Activity was pretty scarce. I heard at least two Great Horned Owls having a conversation but I could not spot their locations. The featured image is a buck Mule Deer (with nothing but the most honorable of intentions) stalking a shy doe who seemed reluctant to commit to a relationship. Pictured here are a couple of Common Goldeneye hens navigating…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
November 22, 2024

November 22, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 3:15 PM Temperature: 68 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Gadwalls, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, Sparrows, American Kestrels, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Horned Owls, American Robins, Northern Flickers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Wild Turkeys, Belted Kingfisher, Pied-billed GrebeCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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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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