Birds Sightings Wildlife
May 02, 2021

May 02, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 61 degrees Sky: Sunshine high clouds with light breeze Not much bird activity this morning despite the wonderful conditions. Not too many clouds or too much wind. Every bird I got a look at was either perched way up in the trees or flitting about deep in the budding foliage. So today’s images are all long shots. The featured image is of a group of Double Crested Cormorants who have elected, this season, to keep tabs on the Arkansas River from a perch near the Anticline Fishing Pond. I also spotted a pair of Kestrels…

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
May 01, 2021

May 01, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunshine with light breeze Another sunny cloud-free morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. I arrived early enough to avoid a lot of people but apparently also early enough to avoid the birds. Not much activity – even at any of the nests. I am also a little bummed by how few flowers are blooming. Today all I saw was some Milkvetch (below) and it was pretty ratty. I’d say it was a pretty slow day but I did come home with a good number of pictures. Today’s featured image is of a…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
August 18, 2020

August 18, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine; Some Wildfire Haze; no breeze Mornings are finally getting back to the normal bright sunshine that Whisper and I prefer for our outings. Wildfire haze is also diminishing though I don’t know how long that will last. Even better, I had a good number of wildlife encounters to share in this post. OK it was only three but that is a good step up from recent walks. First I came across the turkeys that have been hanging around the Osprey Picnic Area lately. This time it was only one hen and…

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Birds Sightings Wildflowers Wildlife
August 10, 2020

August 10, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 64 degrees Sky: Scattered Clouds, light breeze The concerns about the absence of birds and critters at Lake Pueblo State Park I expressed yesterday were soothed somewhat today with the appearance of a number of my avian friends. I got chances to shoot a hairy woodpecker and a white-breasted nuthatch but my efforts were not successful. There were a number of what I call “flitty” birds – those are the ones that flit from branch to branch not stopping long enough to be either identified or photographed. The day was saved by a group of…

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Birds Critters Gear Nikon D5100 Panasonic Lumix GX-85 Sightings Wildlife
July 07, 2020

July 07, 2020

More clouds reported for duty this morning bringing with them a 59 degree temperature. If there was a breeze it was not very noticeable. Since those recently mentioned clouds were mainly in the west the sun had no problem lighting our way as we headed out at 6:15. Since I have been splitting my daily walk into two parts, one with dog and one without, I have started taking both the Nikon D5100 with the 55/200mm zoom for chapter one of the outing and then switching to the Panasonic GX-85 fitted with the 100/300mm zoom for chapter two. With my…

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