Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 02, 2025

April 02, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 38 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Red-breasted Mergansers, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Ospreys, Northern Flickers, American Kestrel, Doves, Turkey Vultures, Great Horned Owls, White-crowned Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Great Blue Heron, Wild Turkeys, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Black-capped Chickadee, BushtitCritters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 25, 2024

April 25, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Hazy sunlight. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teals, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Horned Owls, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, American Robins, American Kestrels, Northern Flickers, Doves, Common Grackles, Great Blue Herons, Wild Turkeys, Turkey Vultures, Blue Jays, Red-tailed Hawk, Green Heron (probable), Brown-headed Cowbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds, White-crowned Sparrows, Woodpeckers, Say’s Phoebe, Spotted TowheeCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dog, Wood Louse KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 09, 2024

April 09, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 33 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Activity today was mostly Osprey (fishing and nest repairs) and Blue Jays being very vocal and going after the Cottonwood Flowers which are everywhere. One of those Jays landed the featured image slot up top. Pictured below is one of the Osprey escorting a very nice catch over the park. I managed to make two passes past the Great Horned Owl nest this morning. On my first visit only Mom was visible. I imagine she was keeping her little ones warm in the cool morning air. When I came back…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 01, 2024

April 01, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 44 degrees Sky: Gathering Clouds and Sun. Sightings:Birds: American Coots, Wood Ducks, Mallards, Great Horned Owl, Starlings, Western Meadowlark, Ospreys, White-crowned Sparrows, Canada Geese, Pied-billed Grebes, American Robins, Northern Flickers, American KestrelsCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 25, 2022

September 25, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Red-winged Blackbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Osprey, Killdeer, European Starlings, Northern Flickers, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Blue-winged Teal, Crows, Canada Geese, Turkey Vultures, Cooper’s Hawk, White-crowned Sparrows, Blue JaysCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs, Beetle, Cabbage White Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Tokina SZX 400mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
May 07, 2022

May 07, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Sunshine, some clouds with little breeze. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, Mallards, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Sparrows, Common Grackle, Bullock’s Orioles, Turkey Vulture, Great Blue Heron, American Kestrel, Violet-green Swallows, Western Kingbird, Wren, Northern Flicker, Mourning DovesCritters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer, White-tail Deer, Wood Louse, Red Ants, annoying flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 23, 2021

September 23, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:25 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunshine, few clouds, healthy breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Killdeer, Gulls, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Turkey Vulture, Swallow, White-crowned Sparrow, Blue JayCritters: Prairie Dogs, Woodlouse, Monarch Butterfly, Orange Sulphur Butterfly Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
August 02, 2021

August 02, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 6:45 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sun filtered by heavy wildfire haze. No breeze. Air Quality alert in effect. All I want is for a few different types of birds to land nearby in good light and look adorable. Is that too much to ask? I guess it was today – though with the heavy fire haze I can’t really blame the birds for staying in. I saw, briefly an OK variety of birds – the rarest of them what I believe to be a female Blue Grosbeak. The picture that I got was only good enough to…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 23, 2021

June 23, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 6:35 AM Temperature: 69 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine with moderate breeze Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Starlings, Osprey, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Mourning Doves, House Wren, Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, American Kestrel, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Blackbird, Blue Grosbeak, Turkey Vultures, Western Meadowlark, Redheaded WoodpeckerCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Squirrel, Mule Deer, Desert Stink Beetle Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
June 02, 2021

June 02, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds with a light breeze The holiday weekend is long gone and the rain has let up so it was time to head out to Lake Pueblo State Park once again. Things were looking good out there and the mud was far less than I expected. On the birding front today was a bit different than usual. The Arkansas River is still quite high (because of the rain) so I only saw one Mallard, one Cormorant and two Common Mergansers out on the water. I ran across a group of…

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