Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sun in a cloudless sky. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Kingbirds (E&W), Bullock’s Oriole, Wrens, American Robins, Ospreys, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Barn SwallowsCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrels Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunny. One of those days. Absolutely perfect conditions for touring the park and not much there to photograph. The sexiest birds I saw were the Double Crested Cormorants and they were all way up waving at the Space Station. There were a lot of American Robins who were really keyed up for some reason. They were flying all around – jumping from branch to branch and sometimes chasing each other. One Robin almost hit me. Strange. The second most active group was the Red-winged Blackbirds who were also kind of jumpy but…
Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Mostly sunny with wildfire haze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, Osprey, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Bullock’s Orioles, Swallows, Barn Swallows, House Wren, Common Merganser, Red-winged Blackbirds, Mississippi Kite, House FinchCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterfly, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm