Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Mostly sunny. No breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Starlings, Osprey, Barn Swallows, Cormorants, Eastern Kingbirds, American Robins, Canada Geese, Northern Flicker, American Kestrel, Common Grackle, Mississippi Kite, Mourning Dove, unidentified Sandpiper-like wading bird, Great Horned Owl, Blue Grosbeak, Wood DucksCritters: Cabbage Butterfly, Prairie Dogs, Viceroy Butterfly, Stink Beetles Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Another stellar morning. Essentially clear skies, 60 degrees and no wind as we set out at 6:45. Really a lot of bird activity today. I started out by going back to the spot where I saw the Green Heron yesterday. He was not there but I did get some shots of another Wren and a Great Horned Owl. Then for the second act of the day’s outing I first went by the Osprey nest (nothing happening) and then circled around to the fishing pond. On that route I got pictures of a Viceroy Butterfly (today’s featured image), a Field Sparrow,…