Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:25 AM Temperature: 66 degrees Sky: Sunshine, no clouds or breeze. Check out last year’s walk on this day! Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Mourning Doves, Common Grackle, Starlings, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbird, Great Horned Owls, Western Kingbirds, Blue Jays, American Yellow Warbler Critters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Monarch Butterfly, Widow Skimmer, Bullsnake, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 66 degrees Sky: Haze and cloud filtered sunshine no breeze A layer of high thin clouds teamed up with the wildfire haze to make for some pretty ho-hum lighting conditions this morning. Walking was pleasant enough but there was not much going on today. The big excitement occurred as I was driving into the Rock Canyon area. I rounded a bend in the road and just ahead was a turtle smack in the middle of my lane. I stopped right away, put on my blinkers and got out to help Mr. Speedy to safety. He…
Environment:Start Time: 7:35 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine with very little breeze Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Osprey, Starlings, Cormorants, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Mallards, Wood Duck, Robins, House Wren, Red-tailed Hawk, Hawk, Northern Flicker, WoodpeckerCritters: Prairie Dogs, Colorado Checkered Whiptail (Lizard), Squirrel, Cabbage Butterfly, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 9:30AM Temperature: 76 degrees Sky: Sun filtered by wildfire haze, no breeze Unforeseen circumstances got us out to a late and rather warm start this morning. I had decided to just do the dog walking portion of the standard outing and then bag it for the rest of the day. It was very quiet at Lake Pueblo State Park in terms of both wildlife and human life – probably due to the rapidly rising temperature. In fact I wasn’t even going to write a post about today except that I happened to spot a Canyon Lizard clinging to…