Birds Sightings Wildlife
November 22, 2020

November 22, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 10:40 AM Temperature: 41 degrees Sky: Sunny, high thin clouds, intermittent breeze Another cold morning delayed my start today. Though it finally did break into the forties the air was quite crisp and when a breeze hit you, even in the Sun, you shuttered. Even so I took a long walk today since I skipped yesterday. I did not come home with much to show for my efforts, though. The only birds that were in capture range were a couple of American Coots. One American Kestrel was perched high up on a dead tree just far enough away…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
November 20, 2020

November 20, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 9:35 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunny, high thin clouds, moderate breeze Starting to get cool again. Temperature kept me waiting this morning but finally decided to break into the forties so I could walk. Even at the lower temp it was a great day to walk. I can’t say the same for bird or scenic photography. Not that I came home empty handed. Posted below is about the best shot of Bufflehead Ducks that I’ve been able to capture. This group was far enough away that they didn’t feel obligated to fly away the second I arrived…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
November 19, 2020

November 19, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunny, few clouds, moderate breeze Crazy warm this morning. Don’t know if it was this “heat” but there was not a lot happening along the Arkansas River today. I did see a Red-Tailed Hawk circling high in the sky. While I stood hoping s/he would coast my way I noticed that s/he was not alone up there. A smaller bird was vigorously harassing the hawk. I was not sure of the kind of bird the attacker was but it crossed my mind, when I saw its silhouette as he swung around to…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
November 18, 2020

November 18, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 8:20 AM Temperature: 44 degrees Sky: Sunny, few clouds, no breeze Yet another perfect day for a walk by the river. There was a wide variety of birds this morning most of whom had better things to do than pose for my camera. I chased a marauding band of Bushtits who were pillaging the rabbitbrush along the bank of the Arkansas River. Those suckers are quick. One of the fuzzy frames I captured is posted below along with a pretty nice shot of three Canada Geese coming in for a landing at the fishing pond. The lack of…

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Landscapes Time Lapse

Passing Summer Storm Time Lapse

Here is another time lapse I shot last August. This clip is comprised of 288 individual .jpg frames shot at seven second intervals. Exposure on all frames was f-22, 1/160 second at ISO 200. These images were developed and cropped in ON1 Photo Raw (2109) and then exported as FHD .jpg files for “animation” in Pinnacle video editing software.Gear: Panasonic Lumix GX-85; 14-54mm lens.Software: ON1 Photo Raw; Pinnacle Studio Ultimate V22.

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Critters Sightings Wildlife
July 15, 2020

July 15, 2020

What a difference a day makes! We were greeted today by a very comfortable 62 degrees with only a slight breeze. Only intermittent sun this morning created by the mostly cloudy sky. The day was so nice that no birds felt like being photographed. Actually not many even wanted to be seen. I saw a number of Mule Deer and the image below is one of them, a young buck. I also saw my favorite doe (I call her Notch) grazing in the weeds where it was not possible to get a useful photo. I did say hello as I…

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