May 17, 2023

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

May 05, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 5:55 PM Temperature: 70 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds with little breeze. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robin, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Turkey Vulture, Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed HawksCritters: Raccoon Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

June 04, 2020

An excellent morning for a walk or two in the park. Clear, sunny skies with calm conditions greeted us as we set out right around 6:15. I forgot to check the temperature when we arrived but it was certainly in the low sixties. These recent warm temperatures have really fired up the Spring runoff and the river is running fast and high. Photographically speaking today’s outing was quite successful. On the first leg of the walk Whisper and I spotted not one but three Great Horned Owlets in a tree on the North bank of the Arkansas River. I had…