Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
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: 7:10 AM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbirds, Wrens, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Yellow-breasted Chat, Blue Jays, Bullock’s Orioles, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Barn Swallows, Black-capped Chickadee, Western MeadowlarkCritters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer, Miller Moths, Prairie Dog, Ornate Tree Lizard, Cottontail Rabbit 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…
Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Clouds, Sun and clearing fog. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebe, Mallard, Wood Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawk, Wrens, Northern Flickers, Mourning Doves, Red-tailed Hawk, Swallows, Great Blue Heron, Wild Turkey, Red-winged Blackbird, Blue JayCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Tree Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm; Canon Powershot G12
Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, Wood Ducks, Gadwalls, Mallards, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Kestrel, American Robins, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-winged Blackbirds, Cooper’s Hawk, Killdeer, Turkey VultureCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Cabbage White Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Mallards, Gadwalls, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Great Blue Heron, Mourning Dove, Wood Ducks, Northern Flickers, Red-tailed Hawk, Greater Yellowlegs, Double Crested Cormorants, White-crowned Sparrows, American Kestrels, Hooded Mergansers, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Jays, American Pipit, Townsend’s Solitaire, Dark-eyed Juncos, Cooper’s Hawk, Wild Turkeys, Turkey VulturesCritters: Prairie Dog, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:05 AM Temperature: 38 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Hooded Mergansers, Red-breasted Mergansers, Mallards, Gadwalls, Blue-winged Teals, Gulls, Starlings, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Ospreys, White-crowned Sparrows, Cooper’s Hawks, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Kestrels, Double Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, American Robin, Great Blue Heron, Hairy WoodpeckerCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 5:10 PM Temperature: 47 degrees Sky: Sunshine, a few clouds and a very light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, Barrow’s Goldeneye, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Gulls, Starlings, Woodpecker, Wild Turkeys, Northern Flickers, Red-tailed Hawks, Great Horned Owl, Osprey, SparrowsCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm