Birds Sightings Wildlife
May 05, 2021

May 05, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:30 AM Temperature: 44 degrees Sky: Sunshine high clouds with light breeze Back again on the morning tour. Lots of activity and chatter. My little owlet buddy was still in the nest but all I could see was his bum so I didn’t bother taking a picture. I did manage to get shots of a couple of the smaller more active warm-season park residents – they are posted below. For today’s featured image I have a Canada Goose who was quietly floating in the Anticline Fishing Pond. I think I caught a quick glimpse of an Oriole as…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 28, 2021

April 28, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 8:55 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Overpowering clouds with light breeze Almost did not go out this morning. The clouds were thick and getting steadily thicker. Like yesterday only worse. But I am really glad that I did not succumb to the depression emanating from the sky. Yesterday one of my spotters clued me in to the location of a Great Horned Owl’s nest and today I managed to locate it. Today’s featured image is of an owlet peering out at the world, wondering what that thing I was pointing at him was. I’ll be keeping tabs on…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
April 27, 2021

April 27, 2021

Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sun and increasing clouds with light breeze Mellow morning at Lake Pueblo State Park. The Sun was pretty well out when I arrived but the gathering clouds had really dimmed the light by the time I had finished my patrol. Today’s featured image is a favorite subject of mine – a Barn Swallow sitting on an informational sign near the parking lot at the Anticline Fishing Pond. This bird and its mate (I like to think it is the same bird, anyway) have a cozy little nest built into the eves of…

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
December 21, 2020

December 21, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 10:00 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunshine filtered by high clouds, intermittent breeze This is the first day of Winter but you wouldn’t know it by standing at the Anticline Fishing Pond at Lake Pueblo State Park. Snowshoes not required. The pond, which has been frozen over, is starting to thaw but not enough to attract any water fowl back to its calm water. Today’s featured image (above) is a “scenic” shot from the trail along the banks of the Arkansas River. Still some leaves hanging on despite yesterdays buffeting wind. As for birds, they were more plentiful…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
September 29, 2020

September 29, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 49 degrees Sky: Sunny, Intermittent Breeze Got a little earlier start this morning thanks to an absolutely cloudless sky which allowed the sunlight to shine unhindered. My walk was pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday’s except no Osprey bothered to show up. Speaking of not showing up, something I’ve noticed this year is an incredible lack of butterflies in the park. I’ve only seen a few all season. To make up for it I reached back to September 29, 2019 for today’s featured image of a Viceroy butterfly and a Cabbage butterfly on some…

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