Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged teal, Wood Duck (?), European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, American Bushtit, Northern Flicker, Canada Geese, Gulls, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbirds, Killdeer, Red-tailed Hawk, White-crowned Sparrow, Great Blue HeronCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunny with incidental clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Blue Jays, Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, House Finches, Canada Geese, Blue-winged Teal, Red-tailed Hawk, Possible Cooper’s Hawk, Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, MagpieCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Cabbage White Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Ornate Tree Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Common Sandpiper, Killdeer, Canada Geese, Gulls, Common Grackle, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, Blue Jays, Mourning DovesCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterfly, Tree Squirrel, Rock Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Tokina 400mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Western Kingbirds, Blue Jays, Common Sandpiper, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, Great Horned Owl, Red-winged Blackbirds, Canada Geese, Blue Grosbeak, GullsCritters: Mule Deer, White-tailed Deer, Prairie Dog, Tree Squirrel, Cabbage White Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 65 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Killdeer, Common Grackle, GullsCritters: Grasshoppers, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Cabbage White Butterfly, Monarch Butterflies, Widow Skimmer, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Cloud/haze filtered sunshine with a light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Starlings, American Kestrel, Double Crested Cormorants, Blue Jay, Gull, Western Kingbirds, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue HeronCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Rock Squirrel, Tree Squirrel, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunny. More great walking conditions. Less birding opportunities. Today’s featured image is, I guess, a Deering opportunity with me finally getting a clear shot of a Mule Deer doe and her twins out shopping the prairie. The Cooper’s Hawk Kids were spending the morning chasing each other from tree to tree (their flight skills are quite good now) allowing me only one unobstructed shot of a stationary bird. To wrap it all up a Northern Flicker landed in some very flattering light and began posing for me. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Starlings, Western…
Environment:Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. The Owl Tree bore no feathery fruit this morning but I still managed to come home with something on my memory card. Today’s feature d image, which is the best shot of the day, is a Mule Deer doe posing perfectly in the low morning sunshine. I caught her in a peaceful moment before she saw me and lost her train of thought. Also pictured here enjoying the morning sunshine are an Orb spider dining Al Fresco and an American Goldfinch. I also managed to shoot an Osprey…
Environment:Start Time: 6:05 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Starlings, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Orchard Oriole, Common Grackle, American Robins, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawks, Mississippi Kite, Red-winged Blackbirds, Killdeer, American KestrelsCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Widow Skimmer, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Pinacate Beetle Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. After a few days off for a holiday trip I am back on the trail. Very warm and sunny – so much so that I found myself wishing for one of those breezes that I complained about in February. Lake pueblo State Park seems to have survived the Fourth of July in pretty good shape. The only Osprey action I saw came from a group of four Western Kingbirds driving one of the bigger birds from its perch over the Arkansas River. Pictured below is my first close-up…