Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
February 06, 2025

February 06, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: All sunshine. What could have been a carbon copy of yesterday’s stellar walking conditions was blown away (literally) by an ever increasing breeze that made walking pretty uncomfortable. There was a pretty good variety of waterfowl out on the Arkansas River (see Pied-billed Grebe photo below) and two or three Great Blue Herons working hard at avoiding me. Featured is a young Mule Deer Buck who just could not take his eyes off of me. I was likewise fixated on his nice starter rack. Pictured here is a male Belted Kingfisher who…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
February 05, 2025

February 05, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 8:30 AM Temperature: 34 degrees Sky: All sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Canada Geese, Mallards, Buffleheads, American Coots, Common Goldeneye, Gulls, Great Horned Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flickers, Cooper’s Hawk, American KestrelCritters: Mule Deer 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
February 03, 2025

February 03, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 8:35 AM Temperature: 42 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Activity remains low (bird wise) out at Lake Pueblo State Park. There were quite a few human fishermen along and in the Arkansas River which may be why the birds were elsewhere. You can tell things were slow by my posting a European Starling here. Not the most exotic or rare bird out there. Featured are a couple of American Coots who were taking it easy on a midriver rock. There are a lot of Coots on the water this Winter. Also avoiding the river is the Great Blue Heron…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
February 02, 2025

February 02, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 4:30 PM Temperature: 66 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Today’s outing was brief with my only intention to see if walking conditions were improving in the warmer weather over the last couple of days. Things are better but there is still ice and plenty of mud around. I was not dressed for the conditions so I just mosied around the Osprey Picnic Area to see what was what. I did take a quick detour to the Arkansas River where I caught the female Belted Kingfisher that is today’s featured image. This is a preferred spot for this little lady…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 31, 2025

January 31, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 3:20 PM Temperature: 55 degrees Sky: Sunshine. I took a chance and went back out to Rock Canyon one day after a pretty good snow storm a day before. The temperatures had risen nicely throughout the day so I figured the trails would be passable. This turned out to be true for the paved trails but everywhere else the conditions could only be called Swampy! There was standing water or mud an inch or two deep. It was a tough slog. So I didn’t stay long. I did manage to see the Eastern Bluebird who got the featured…

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Sightings
January 30, 2024 – Repost

January 30, 2024 – Repost

Yet another snow day today. Last year was a lot better – in many different ways. Here is another walk down Memory Lane. Environment:Start Time: 7:20 AM Temperature: 29 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Ducks, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneyes, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, Green-winged Teal, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebes, Canada Geese, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, Starlings, White-crowned Sparrows, Wild Turkeys, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Crows, Northern Flickers, Mourning DoveCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, Cottontail Rabbit 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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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 28, 2025

January 28, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Super nice day out on the trail if you could ignore the mud. The Arkansas River is starting to get busy with a pretty nice variety of ducks splashing about like the Red-breasted Merganser pictured here. I did see several Great Blue Herons but only in the distance and none in the water. I spotted another Cooper’s Hawk but, unfortunately, it also spotted me. The big prize of the day is my featured image – a passing Northern Harrier. It popped up out of nowhere and flew by quickly. Even so,…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 27, 2025

January 27, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 3:30 PM Temperature: 50 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneye, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, American Robin, Northern Flickers, Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, White-crowned Sparrows, American Coots, Wild Turkeys, Bushtits, Eastern BluebirdsCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 24, 2025

January 24, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 8:00 AM Temperature: 38 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine with a wicked breeze. Despite the moderate temperature of 38 degrees (F) conditions out on the trail were mostly miserable. I was out for less than an hour. Featured is a couple of American Coots who were freshening up in the Arkansas River. I was hoping the wind would entice the Hawks and/or Eagles to come out and ride the air currents rising off of the canyon walls. No such luck. The only birds taking advantage of the moving air were the Gulls. After all, Gulls just want to have…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 22, 2025

January 22, 2025

Environment:Start Time: 7:50 AM Temperature: 20 degrees Sky: Mostly sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneye, Gadwalls, Mergansers (Common, Red-breasted & Hooded), Pied-billed Grebe, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfishers, Ring-billed Gulls, Starlings, American Robin, Woodpeckers, Northern Flickers, Great Blue Herons, Great Horned Owls, Blue Jay, Red-tailed Hawk, White-crowned Sparrows, Sparrows, American Coots, Killdeer, BushtitsCritters: Mule Deer Gear: OM System OM-1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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