September 28, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Bright sunshine with a few clouds. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallards, Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, Gulls, Ospreys, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Killdeer, Northern Flickers, Blue Jay, Great Blue Heron, Common Grackles, Snowy Egret, Mourning Doves, WoodpeckerCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Tarantula, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, millions of flying bugs, Tree Squirrel, Painted Lady Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

September 01, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Canada Geese, Ospreys, Mourning Doves, Double Crested Cormorants, Snowy Egrets, Barn Swallows, SwallowsCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Grasshoppers, Mosquitoes Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

September 12, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 9:30 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gulls,Mourning Dove, Black-crowned Night Heron, American Robins, Say’s Phoebe, Red-shouldered Hawk, Yellow Warbler, Magpie, Barn Swallows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Snowy EgretsCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Tree Squirrel, Red-eared Sliders Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Tokina 400mm

August 25, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, American Goldfinch, Osprey, Starlings, Flycatcher, Double Crested Cormorants, Gulls, Canada Geese, Redheaded Woodpecker, Common Sandpiper, Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, Egrets, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Northern FlickersCritters: Grasshoppers, Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrel, White-tailed Deer, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

August 10, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Short post today. Despite excellent conditions non of my bird buddies had the time to pause (or fly close enough) to be photographed. In fact, I only took one picture today (right) which occurred by accident as I fell down on the unpaved trail. I broke my fall with my left knee, left elbow and camera. Everything seems to have survived the event but it kind of killed my creativity for the day. Today’s featured image is a Snowy Egret that I shot Sunday (8/10/22) at Belmar Park in Lakewood, Colorado….