April 05, 2023 – Repost

Falling snow leaves me on the couch this morning. Let’s go back in time and see what was going on in 2023. Environment:Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 29 degrees Sky: Sunny with a wicked breeze. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, Mallards, Gadwalls, American Coots, Gulls, Starlings, Buffleheads, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Blue-winged Teal, Wood Ducks, Northern Flickers, Red-tailed Hawk, Double Crested Cormorants, White-crowned Sparrows, American Kestrels, Dark-eyed Juncos, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Blue Heron, Western Meadowlark, Killdeer, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Say’s Phoebe, Canyon Towhee, Wild TurkeyCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

August 17, 2024

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

April 05, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 29 degrees Sky: Sunny with a wicked breeze. Sightings:Birds: Pied-billed Grebes, Mallards, Gadwalls, American Coots, Gulls, Starlings, Buffleheads, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Blue-winged Teal, Wood Ducks, Northern Flickers, Red-tailed Hawk, Double Crested Cormorants, White-crowned Sparrows, American Kestrels, Dark-eyed Juncos, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Blue Heron, Western Meadowlark, Killdeer, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Say’s Phoebe, Canyon Towhee, Wild TurkeyCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

December 11, 2021 Re-post

Environment:Start Time: 3:05 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds. A later afternoon outing found me on the South bank of the Arkansas River today. I switch banks on afternoon walks since that puts the Sun at my back as I walk along the river. What I don’t like is that there isn’t a good loop to walk so I have to travel the same country out and back which bothers me for some reason. Even so, I got some interesting shots in both directions. For one thing I got a new bird. Posted below is a Mountain Pipet…

March 22, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 9:35 AM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sun and clouds with wind-like breeze. With hopes of beating the predicted high winds I headed out for a morning tour of the Rock Canyon Area of Lake Pueblo State Park. The temperature was decent and the fairly stiff breeze (wind preview) did not seem to add to the Spring chill in the air. What the breezy conditions did provide was quite a few Red-tailed hawks who were having a great time soaring and wheeling over the park. Today’s featured image is one of those hawks taking flight after a brief rest…

December 11, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 3:05 PM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds. A later afternoon outing found me on the South bank of the Arkansas River today. I switch banks on afternoon walks since that puts the Sun at my back as I walk along the river. What I don’t like is that there isn’t a good loop to walk so I have to travel the same country out and back which bothers me for some reason. Even so, I got some interesting shots in both directions. For one thing I got a new bird. Posted below is a Mountain Pipet…