Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 02, 2024

April 02, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:00 AM Temperature: 35 degrees Sky: Clouds and Sun. Sightings:Birds: American Coots, Wood Ducks, Mallards, Great Horned Owl, Starlings, Western Meadowlark, Ospreys, White-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrow, Canada Geese, Pied-billed Grebes, American Robins, Northern Flickers, American Kestrels, Red-tailed Hawk, Hairy Woodpecker, Wrens, DovesCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 26, 2024

March 26, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 3:00 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Cloud Mitigated Sun. Owl Watch Cold weather has kept me mostly at home over the last couple of days. Today I just ran out for a quick check on the Great Horned Owl nest that I have been haunting. As you can see things are pretty much the same which, I guess, is good news. While I was checking out the nest the Red-tailed Hawk (featured up top) flew over thus giving me enough material for this post. Thanks, pal. Sightings:Birds: Great Horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey VultureCritters: None KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
March 23, 2024

March 23, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 34 degrees Sky: Sunny with a few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, Gulls, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robins, Ospreys, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, White-crowned Sparrows, Sparrows, Western Meadowlark, Cooper’s Hawk, American Kestrel, Blue Jays, Wild TurkeysCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, Crayfish KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 22, 2024

March 22, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, Gulls, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, American Robins, Ospreys, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owls, White-crowned Sparrows, Western Meadowlark, Dark-eyed Juncos, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, American Kestrels, Great Blue Heron, Blue Jays, BushtitsCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
February 12, 2024

February 12, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 30 degrees Sky: Sunshine with a few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Hooded Merganser, Common Goldeneyes, Gulls, Canada Geese, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, SparrowsCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 30, 2024

January 30, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 29 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneyes, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, Green-winged Teal, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebes, Canada Geese, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Wild Turkeys, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Crows, Northern Flickers, Mourning DoveCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 10, 2024

January 10, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 38 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine and heavy breeze. It finally happened. January’s harsh weather and my immune system have allowed me to get 2024 officially underway. I’m not saying January made it easy. Even with the warmish temperature the wicked breeze (aspiring wind) made tromping around the trail pretty close to miserable. Things started out well enough with the American Kestrel pictured here but not much else seemed to be happening. One Cooper’s Hawk made a wide circle around me and then flew on. So I decided to cut things short and headed for…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 21, 2023

December 21, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Decreasing sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, House Wren, Belted Kingfisher, American Kestrel, Wild Turkeys, Killdeer, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Prairie Dog Gear: Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S 55-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
December 06, 2023

December 06, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 3:00 PM Temperature: 73 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Conditions out at Lake Pueblo State Park continue to be excellent. The bird activity is even getting a little better. Today’s featured image is a Red-tailed Hawk who flew in at the treetop level just as the Sun was nearly set creating the intense show of colors on the bird’s undercarriage. I also caught a female Belted Kingfisher darting between the banks of the Arkansas River in search of a late afternoon snack. I didn’t see any herons flying today but I did see two perched high in the trees. Sightings:Birds:…

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