Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 8:45 AM Temperature: 47 degrees Sky: Cloudy to start – Sunshine at the end. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Mallards, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Gray Catbird, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Violet-green Swallows, American Kestrel, Western Wood Pewee, Bullock’s Oriole, White-breasted NuthatchCritters: Red Ants Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 8:30AM Temperature: 66 degrees Sky: Sun filtered by thick wildfire haze, light breeze Lately we southern Colorado residents have been treated to large quantities of wildfire smoke darkening our skies. Currently there are five fires burning in Colorado (North) and if that wasn’t enough smoke the jet stream is adding smoke from the countless fires consuming California. This situation has kept Whisper and I stuck indoors for the last couple of days. Cabin fever won out today and we waited until after 8 AM to venture out. Overall that turned out to be a good decision. The sky…