Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Colorado
Environment:Start Time: 7:35 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine with very little breeze Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Osprey, Starlings, Cormorants, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Mallards, Wood Duck, Robins, House Wren, Red-tailed Hawk, Hawk, Northern Flicker, WoodpeckerCritters: Prairie Dogs, Colorado Checkered Whiptail (Lizard), Squirrel, Cabbage Butterfly, Cottontail Rabbit Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunshine with a light breeze Wall to wall sunshine was the order of the day. Lots of bird chatter in the trees and bushes but not too many appearances. The Swallows and Osprey were all content to do their thing high up in the sky. The Wrens and Blue Jays preferred sitting deep in the tree branches, the Kingbirds were all perching well off the trail and the owls were content to sit in mixed light making my job harder than it had to be. Both Owl portraits here were saved by…
Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 54 degrees Sky: Sunshine thin clouds with a light breeze Excellent weather continues. The trees were filled with bird chatter and the Starlings were flitting all over the place but really there was not much bird activity this morning. I did come home with some interesting pictures despite the avian drought. First off I surprised a mother Wood Duck who was giving duck lessons to her brood of nine and so managed the photo posted below. The Arkansas River was running very high today so I found this group in a calmer drainage tributary leading…
Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds with a light breeze The holiday weekend is long gone and the rain has let up so it was time to head out to Lake Pueblo State Park once again. Things were looking good out there and the mud was far less than I expected. On the birding front today was a bit different than usual. The Arkansas River is still quite high (because of the rain) so I only saw one Mallard, one Cormorant and two Common Mergansers out on the water. I ran across a group of…
Environment:Start Time: 8:50 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine few clouds with a light breeze Memorial Day weekend was off to a ripping start this morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. When I arrived I noticed a number of families had already set up shop around the Anticline Fishing Pond and were focused on some fishing. The Arkansas River was another story. There were a few serious fishermen out in the high water but not as many as a normal Saturday morning. I saw only one duck on the river today – no, not a Mallard – a Common Merganser….
Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine fading clouds with a light breeze Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Osprey, Starlings, Cormorants, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Mallards, Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Wren, Bullock’s Oriole, Northern Flicker, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robins, Mourning Doves, Great Horned Owl, White-throated Flycatcher, Mississippi Kite, Great Blue HeronCritters: Prairie Dogs, Squirrel, Cabbage Butterflies, Mule Deer Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunshine no clouds with a light breeze Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Osprey, Starlings, Cormorants, Swallows, Barn Swallows, Mallards, Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Wren, Bullock’s Oriole, Northern Flicker, Red-winged Blackbird, Redheaded Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, American RobinsCritters: Prairie Dogs, Squirrel, Cabbage Butterflies Gear: Nikon D5600, 55-300mm
Environment:Start Time: 7:40 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine few clouds with a light breeze Today’s outing was really quite mellow. I only saw five or six ducks on the river and I was only able to identify Mallards. The Geese were keeping to the shore – today’s featured image is of one group having a little meal by the river. Flowers are starting to bloom. Posted here is what Google identifies as Salsify. Pretty sure it is just a weed but a pretty one. There were a lot of really little birds Wrens and Warblers but they were too…
Environment:Start Time: 8:25 AM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine no clouds with a light breeze Took yesterday off to let Lake Pueblo State Park dry out from the heavy rain that fell the day before. Everything was looking good under a cloudless sky and, even though the Arkansas River is still running high, the Canada Geese were back out on the water. A pair of Osprey were on the hunt over the Anticline Fishing Pond as I arrived this morning. I saw (and tried unsuccessfully to photograph) a couple of strikes but the Osprey, like me, came up empty handed….
Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 57 degrees Sky: Sunshine and clouds with a light breeze The Sun finally decided to rise above the clouds in the East allowing me to make it out to my normal haunt a little earlier than usual. My hopes of catching “Early Birds” devouring worms were crushed because very few birds were taking advantage of the sunshine. Once again only a few Mallards and a couple of Blue-winged Teals were willing to step into the Arkansas River. I did see some Wood Ducks but they were sitting in a tree. What geese I saw were…