Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sunshine with increasing breeze. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Buffleheads, American Coots, Common Goldeneye, Gadwalls, Gulls, Great Horned Owl, Starlings, Sparrows, Wren, Belted Kingfishers, American White Pelican, American Kestrel, Red-tailed HawkCritters: None KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Taking a little break for family stuff. Here is what was going on last year on this day. Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Ring-billed Gulls, Spotted Sandpipers, Killdeer, Canada Geese, Great Blue Herons, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Prairie Falcon, Red-winged Blackbirds, Belted Kingfisher, Barn Swallows, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 72 degrees Sky: Sunshine with increasing clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Gulls, Doves, Ospreys, Starlings, Swallows, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Common Grackles, Redheaded WoodpeckerCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, Widow Skimmers Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 6:25 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunshine with a few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Doves, Ospreys, Starlings, Swallows, Great Blue Heron, Say’s Phoebes, Wild Turkeys, Turkey Vultures, Red-tailed HawkCritters: Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbits, Widow Skimmers Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 5:40 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Blue Herons, Starlings, Ospreys, Northern Flickers, Doves, Barn Swallows, American Robins, Red-tailed Hawk, Common Grackles, Great Horned Owls, Yellow-breasted Chats, Brown-headed Cowbird, Red-winged BlackbirdsCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog, Cottontail Rabbit, Cabbage White Butterfly, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 5:40 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine. The one bird I got even a little close to is today’s featured image – a female Downy Woodpecker. She was very busy and didn’t hang around long but finally showed me her face. Otherwise I was limited to catching birds as they flew by. Got some good ones, though. The Osprey pictured here was headed in from the direction of the Fish Hatchery – so you know this fish is young and tender! And I got a Great Blue Heron and a Red-tailed Hawk. I kind of think the hawk…
Environment:Start Time: 5:50 AM Temperature: 48 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallard Drake, Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Doves, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Orioles, Common Grackles, American Robins, Red-tailed Hawk, Redheaded Woodpecker, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-breasted ChatCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit, Tree Squirrels, Wood Louse Gear: Nikon D5600, AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 26 degrees Sky: Sunshine with mitigating clouds. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Green-winged Teal, Gadwalls, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Red-breasted Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Buffleheads, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, White-crowned Sparrows, Woodpecker, Starlings, Great Blue Heron, Wild Turkeys, Red-tailed Hawk, White-breasted Nuthatch, Dark-eyed JuncosCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Wildfire haze filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Blue-winged Teals, Ring-billed Gulls, Spotted Sandpipers, Killdeer, Canada Geese, Great Blue Herons, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Prairie Falcon, Red-winged Blackbirds, Belted Kingfisher, Barn Swallows, Cooper’s HawkCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, millions of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds with light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Pied-billed Grebe, Cinnamon Teals, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Kestrel, American Robin, European Starlings, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Double-crested Cormorants, Sparrows, Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Doves, Turkey Vultures, Blue JaysCritters: Mule Deer, Cottontail Rabbit (Easter Bunny?) Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm