Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 11, 2025

March 11, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Eventually sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Gadwalls, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneye, Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, Gulls, Starlings, Great Horned Owl, Wild Turkeys, Blue Jays, White-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robins, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Flickers, Downy Woodpeckers, Dark-eyed Juncos, Belted Kingfisher, Eastern Bluebirds, Mountain Bluebird, Red-winged Blackbird, White-breasted Nuthatch, American CootsCritters: Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies 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 10, 2024

April 10, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:35 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Sun and clouds. Sightings:Birds: American Coots, Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, Wood Ducks, Great Horned Owls, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, American Robins, Northern Flickers, Doves, Wild Turkeys, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrels, White-crowned Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, White-breasted Nuthatch, Sand Hill CraneCritters: Prairie Dogs, Tree Squirrels 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 Critters Sightings Wildlife
February 22, 2024

February 22, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:00 AM Temperature: 30 degrees Sky: Cloud filtered sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Common Goldeneyes, Gulls, Canada Geese, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Northern Flickers, White-crowned Sparrows, American Kestrels, Double Crested Cormorant, Belted Kingfishers, White-breasted Nuthatch, woodpecker, Crows, Western MeadowlarkCritters: Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, Mule Deer KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Sightings
January 05, 2023 Re-Post

January 05, 2023 Re-Post

Environment:Start Time: 3:40 PM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunny to start. As I continue to recover from a tenacious virus I am re-posting this date from last year. I was kind of surprised that I didn’t make it out then until the fifth. I guess I shouldn’t fee too bad about this year’s delay. My first 2023 outing is now in the books. I finally got a day that wasn’t too cold, dark or windy. Thing is, it wasn’t too birdy. I still got some good sightings but not many photo opportunities. The best moment came when I accidentally flushed…

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Sightings
November 16, 2022 – Repost

November 16, 2022 – Repost

Weather today in 2023 is not cooperating so I am reaching back into the archive to see what was going on in 2022! Enjoy. Environment:Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sun with light breeze. Bright sunshine and less of a breeze were the order of the day. Lake Pueblo State Park was pretty quite with only the smaller birds (and not many of them) busy with their normal activities. Today’s featured image is a Rusty Blackbird ( a new bird for me) that I thought was a Starling when I made the capture but Google set me straight….

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 05, 2023

January 05, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 3:40 PM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Sunny to start. My first 2023 outing is now in the books. I finally got a day that wasn’t too cold, dark or windy. Thing is, it wasn’t too birdy. I still got some good sightings but not many photo opportunities. The best moment came when I accidentally flushed a Great Horned Owl from its perch and it flew past me. I was surprised when it took flight since I had not seen it at all. S/He flew right past me at eye level no more that 15 feet away and I…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
November 16, 2022

November 16, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sun with light breeze. Bright sunshine and less of a breeze were the order of the day. Lake Pueblo State Park was pretty quite with only the smaller birds (and not many of them) busy with their normal activities. Today’s featured image is a Rusty Blackbird ( a new bird for me) that I thought was a Starling when I made the capture but Google set me straight. I caught this picture of a male House Finch first thing and just a little later the White-breasted Nuthatch in the mini-gallery below landed…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
August 04, 2022

August 04, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:40 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunny. Not a lot going on this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park though the Arkansas River’s falling water level is attracting more fishermen. There was a lot of bird activity but very few volunteers for Internet fame. I accidentally flushed out a pair of twin fawns and got a decent shot of one of them. Today’s featured image is also another critter – a Monarch Butterfly sampling one of the Wild Sunflowers that dot the park. The only birds that I managed (with some effort) to capture are in the mini-gallery…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
July 31, 2022

July 31, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:30 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Sunny. Muggy. Buggy. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Eastern Kingbirds, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawks, Green Heron, Great Blue Heron, White-breasted Nuthatch, Redheaded Woodpecker, Wren, Sandpiper, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common GrackleCritters: Cabbage White Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Tree Squirrel, Spider, Prairie Dog, Dragonflies, Toad Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
July 08, 2022

July 08, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 6:20 AM Temperature: 63 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, Common Starlings, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Mourning Doves, Barn Swallows, White-breasted Nuthatch, Redheaded Woodpecker, Common Grackle, American Robins, Great Blue Heron, Canada Geese, Common Merganser, Northern Flicker, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Horned Owl, Quail, Hawks, American KestrelsCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Prairie Dog, Dragonflies, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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