Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:20 AM Temperature: 80 degrees Sky: Mostly Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Doves, Ospreys, Starlings, Great Horned Owls, Barn Swallows, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Wood PeweeCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, Ornate Tree Lizard, Rock Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sun in a cloudless sky. Taking a little R&R. Let’s review what was going on last year on this day. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Kingbirds (E&W), Bullock’s Oriole, Wrens, American Robins, Ospreys, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Barn Swallows, Western Meadowlark, Lazuli Bunting, Yellow-breasted ChatCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrels, Ornate Tree Lizard, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:25 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Total sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Osprey, Starlings, Northern Flickers, Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, Owl, White-crowned Sparrows, White-breasted NuthatchesCritters: Prairie Dogs, Cabbage White Butterflies, Painted Lady Butterfly, Tree Squirrel, Ornate Tree Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 69 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mourning Doves, Western Kingbird, Bullock’s Oriole, Ospreys, Common Grackle, Swallows, Turkey Vulture, Starlings, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, Redheaded Woodpecker, Wren, Great Blue Heron, Double Crested CormorantsCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, Red Ants, Prairie Dog, Ornate Tree Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 59 degrees Sky: Sunshine. You can’t win ’em all. Despite stellar weather most of my bird friends kept to themselves. Except, of course, for the Grackles and Starlings who were having some type of festival – they were flying everywhere. Not sure if this activity has scared off my Redheaded Woodpecker but it was nowhere to be found. Fortunately, yesterday’s successes can bleed over to today. Both images posted today were shot yesterday. Featured image is the Osprey family (minus one parent) chillin’ in the nest most likely waiting for the breakfast order to be…
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sun in a cloudless sky. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Kingbirds (E&W), Bullock’s Oriole, Wrens, American Robins, Ospreys, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Barn Swallows, Western Meadowlark, Lazuli Bunting, Yellow-breasted ChatCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrels, Ornate Tree Lizard, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbird, Wren, Western Kingbirds, Yellow-breasted Chats, Blue Jays, Bullock’s Orioles, Red-tailed Hawk, Swallows, Western Meadowlark, Cooper’s Hawk, KilldeerCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Ornate Tree Lizard, Raccoon, Cabbage White Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, Wood Ducks, Gadwalls, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Canyon Towhee, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Kestrel, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, White-crowned Sparrows, Northern Flicker, Turkey Vulture, Killdeer, Western MeadowlarkCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Cabbage White Butterfly, Tree Squirrels, Ornate Tree Lizard Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, Belted Kingfisher, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, White-crowned Sparrows, Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, pied-billed Grebe, Belted KingfisherCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:35 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunny with some clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged teal, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, Canada Geese, Sparrows, Pied-billed Grebe, Gulls, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Common GrackleCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm