Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Starlings, Northern Flickers, Belted Kingfishers, Killdeer, White-crowned Sparrows, American RobinsCritters: Prairie Dogs, Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 5:20 PM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Gulls, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Great Horned Owl, Wild TurkeysCritters: Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Mourning Doves, Double Crested Cormorants, Peregrine Falcon, Blue Jays, Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings, Northern Flicker, Great Horned Owl, Wild Turkeys, Cooper’s Hawk, Blue GrosbeakCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Monarch Butterfly 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: 7:10 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Swallows, Starlings, Ospreys, Western Kingbirds, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, Cooper’s Hawk, Redheaded Woodpeckers, Blue Jays, Woodpecker, Mourning Doves, KilldeerCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, Red Ants, Rock Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Mourning Doves, Ospreys, Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, possible Kite, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbirds, Common Grackles, Redheaded Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Wren, Blue JaysCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Halloween Pennant Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Western Kingbird, Orioles, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-breasted Chat, Northern Flickers, American Robins, Blue JayCritters: Mule Deer, Red Ants, Tree Squirrels, Mosquitoes Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbird, Wrens, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Orioles, Red-tailed Hawk, Swallows, Wild Turkey, Black-capped Chickadee, Western Tanager, Warbling Vireo (?), Yellow-breasted Chat, Brown-headed CowbirdCritters: Mule Deer, Wood Louse, Red Ants, Ornate Tree Lizard, Tree Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Starlings, Mergansers, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Robins, Northern Flicker, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbirds, Wrens, Western Kingbirds, Blue Jays, Bullock’s Orioles, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Barn Swallows, Black-capped ChickadeesCritters: Tree Squirrels, Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Miller Moths, Prairie Dog, Ants, Ornate Tree Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Conditions were just a little past perfect out on the trail today. No complaints here. Spring is still springing up – Milkvetch (post bottom) is blooming giving the butterflies a reason to be out. I caught a group of Mule Deer giving the riverbank a good cleaning. Most birds were keeping low profiles – except those that were flying high in the sky. I see Double Crested Cormorants coming and going but I never seem to be near their destination. Today’s featured image is a Bullock’s Oriole who was too interested…