Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine and a few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Gulls, Ospreys, Starlings, Swallows, Great Blue Herons, Cooper’s Hawk, Common Grackles, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, Western Wood PeweeCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Rock Squirrel, Tree Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:35 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Canada Geese, Gulls, Great Blue Heron, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Mourning Doves, Kingbird, Common Grackles, Western Wood Peewee, American Kestrels, American Robins, Crows, Snowy Egret, Yellow WarblerCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Field Crescent Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunny with few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged teal, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Spotted Towhee, Northern Flicker, Canada Geese, Eastern Phoebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Gulls, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbirds, Great Horned OwlCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Cloudy with occasional sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Blue-winged teal, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, Canada Geese, American Kestrel, Pied-billed Grebe, Gulls, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Common Grackle, Belted Kingfisher, Turkey VultureCritters: Mule Deer 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
Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Sunny with fading fog. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Flycatcher, Barn Swallows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Osprey, Killdeer, European Starlings, American Robins, Northern Flicker, CrowsCritters: Grasshoppers, Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, Monarch Butterfly, Checkered White Butterfly, Cabbage White Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Tokina SZX 400mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Osprey, Lesser Goldfinch, Belted Kingfisher, Red-tailed HawkCritters: Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Cabbage White Butterflies, Monarch Butterflies Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunny with some clouds. Yet another quiet morning out on the trail. I guess 7 AM is a bit early for most folks – but I thought the birds would be up. Conditions were quite pleasant and the sky was unusually cluttered with pleasant looking clouds. The clouds were what prompted me to take today’s featured image – a kind of boring shot of a couple of Double Crested Cormorants. I noticed that the Rabbitbrush is starting to bloom which I hope will bring out some more butterflies. The Osprey were out…
Environment:Start Time: 9:10 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Sunshine with few clouds. Even though favorable walking conditions took a while to develop I did make it out to Lake Pueblo State Park this morning. Not that I would have missed a lot if I had stayed home. Very crisp air and I could see (on the way in) that snow has fallen on Pikes Peak and on Greenhorn Mountain. No snow here in the river valley – yet. The only real bird action were a couple of Great Blue Herons chasing each other around in the sky. I was never…
Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine and little breeze again. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Did I say not much was happening at Lake Pueblo State Park yesterday? I guess I misspoke. Compared to today, yesterday was an absolute festival. I know the sightings box (below) shows a number of birds out but technically most of those sightings should be referred to as nano-sightings since I only saw the birds in passing. The only bird I captured was a Sharp-shinned Hawk (posted) who was deep in the leaves making the shot rather…