Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 08, 2024

July 08, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunny with light haze. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Mallard Ducks, Canada Geese, Western Kingbirds, Blue Grosbeak, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Doves, Barn Swallows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Northern Flickers, American Kestrels, Great Blue Herons, Red-tailed Hawk, Lark Sparrow, Northern Mockingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Bullock’s OrioleCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, Rock Squirrel Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight; Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ-80

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
May 08, 2024

May 08, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:00 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Cloud/haze filtered sunshine. The strong winds we have been experiencing over the past couple of days managed to subside a little – at least for the early morning. The Rock Canyon area does not appear to be worse for wear since I didn’t see any new fallen trees. As far as nests go – things are really quiet. There was no activity at either the Cooper’s Hawk nest or the Red-tailed Hawk nest. I was only able to locate one of the three baby Great Horned Owls at that nest. Mom was…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
July 14, 2022

July 14, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:10 AM Temperature: 73 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallard, Osprey, Starlings, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbird, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Swallows, Bullock’s Oriole, Common Grackle, American Robins, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawk, Wrens, Spotted Sandpiper, Yellow-breasted Chat, Wild Turkey, Orchard OrioleCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Widow Skimmer, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 22, 2020

September 22, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunny, Light Wildfire Haze, Intermittent Breeze Another excellent morning to be out in nature. The wildfire haze was still present but to a much lesser extent. I was actually able to make out Pikes Peak from Reservoir Road as I entered Lake Pueblo State Park. There was a good amount of bird activity as well – I might even say too much as very few were inclined to pause for me to photograph. Nevertheless I did not come home empty-handed. Today’s featured image (above) is of a Wood Duck and a couple…

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
September 04, 2020

September 04, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Sunny and blue, light breeze New Bird Identified and an Old Bird Correctly Identified Spectacular light and just a hint of an Autumn chill made for another great walk at the park. There was quite a bit of feathered activity though the real action was occurring mostly in the shadows. Nevertheless I came out with a number of images worth sharing. Today’s featured image is of the Rabbitbrush that is starting to bloom and attract various insects as you can see. There should be more butterflies by this time of the year…

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