Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
December 04, 2024

December 04, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 33 degrees Sky: Sunshine. The streak of great weather continues with another brilliantly sunny morning. Today’s images are a little bit different, though. Featured today (mostly due to his sheer magnificence) is a Mule Deer Buck who casually crossed the Arkansas River right in front of me. Pictured here is what both Google and the Cornell Lab’s Merlin phone app identify as a Wilson’s Snipe. This is definitely a new bird for me. According to Merlin the bird is uncommon in this area. There were two of them in a shallow spot on the Arkansas…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 16, 2024

March 16, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 30 degrees Sky: Mostly sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Ring-necked Duck, Gulls, Hooded Mergansers, Double Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, Starlings,American Robins, Ospreys, Northern Flickers, Great Horned Owl, Western Meadowlark, Wild Turkeys, White-crowned Sparrows, Western Bluebird, Mountain Bluebirds, Blue Jays, Crows, Red-winged BlackbirdCritters: None 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 Critters Sightings Wildlife
November 11, 2020

November 11, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 12:30 PM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunny, few clouds, light breeze After several days of dicey weather and a rather cold morning I finally managed to make it out to Lake Pueblo State Park this afternoon. Gorgeous day for walking about. Apparently it was not such a great day for flying about – since the avian activity was very subdued. The walk started out with a little excitement – I got a fuzzy shot of a Western Bluebird right off the bat. I have been identifying these birds as Mountain Bluebirds but further research has shown me the…

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