Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 12, 2024

October 12, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:35 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Sunshine with light breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Flickers, Killdeer, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Jays, Ospreys, White-crowned Sparrow, Red-tailed Hawk, Wild Turkeys, American Kestrels, Great Blue HeronCritters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, thousands of flying bugs, Prairie Dogs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
October 03, 2024

October 03, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 7:15 AM Temperature: 65 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Although I captured images of Ospreys, Red-tailed Hawks and Great Blue Herons I am going to publish the smaller birds that also showed up today. Featured is a Yellow-rumped Warbler who, like the other two, was working deep in the branches along the side of the trail. Pictured here is a Brewer’s Sparrow in a brief moment of reflection. I’m closing the post with a White-crowned Sparrow – possibly a juvenile. One highlight that went un-photographed was a low pass of a Northern Harrier. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese,…

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Sightings
May 10, 2022 – Repost

May 10, 2022 – Repost

Rainy weather has been keeping me off the trail. Here is what was going on on this day if 2022. Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 47 degrees Sky: Sunshine with little breeze. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, Mallards, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Yellow-rumbed Warbler, Bullock’s Orioles, Barn Swallows, Western Kingbird, Northern Flicker, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingbird, Great Blue Herons, Wrens, Common Grackle, Turkey VulturesCritters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer, Red Ants, lots of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm If you cannot see the gallery click here

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
February 19, 2024

February 19, 2024

Environment:Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 39 degrees Sky: Sunshine. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, Red-breasted Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Gulls, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Starlings, Great Blue Herons, Wild Turkeys, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Blue Jays, Northern Flickers, MagpieCritters: Mule Deer, Prairie Dogs 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
May 03, 2023

May 03, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Sunshine with mitigating cloud cover. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teals, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, American Robins, Northern Flickers, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbirds, Wrens, Western Kingbirds, Woodpeckers, Turkey Vultures, Blue Jays, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Wild Turkey, Bullock’s Oriole, Swallows, Barn SwallowsCritters: Tree Squirrels, Ants, Cabbage White Butterflies Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 23, 2023

March 23, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 8:15 AM Temperature: 36 degrees Sky: Sunny with variable breeze. Sightings:Birds: Common Goldeneyes, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Hooded Mergansers, Mallards, Gadwalls, Bufflehead, Gulls, Starlings, Red-tailed Hawk, Ospreys, White-crowned Sparrows, Cooper’s Hawk, American Kestrel, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, American Robin, Great Blue Heron, Hairy Woodpecker, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Blue Jays, Crow, Magpie, Mourning Dove, Black-capped Chickadees, Northern FlickersCritters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Cabbage White Butterfly Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
January 26, 2023

January 26, 2023

Environment:Start Time: 3:00 PM Temperature: 45 degrees Sky: Sunny with annoying breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Hooded Mergansers, pied-billed Grebes, Great Blue Heron, Gadwalls, Common Goldeneyes, Buffleheads, Canada Geese, Gulls, Starlings, Sparrows, Great Horned Owls, Bewick’s Wren, Black-capped Chickadee, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Bushtits, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, American Robins, Northern Flicker, Wild Turkeys (seen on the drive home just off Thatcher Ave)Critters: Mule Deer Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
October 14, 2022

October 14, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunny. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Osprey, European Starlings, Double Crested Cormorants, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, Belted Kingfisher, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, White-crowned Sparrows, Sparrows, Great Blue Heron, pied-billed Grebe, Belted KingfisherCritters: Cabbage White Butterfly, Grasshoppers, Mule Deer, Prairie Dog Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
May 10, 2022

May 10, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 7:05 AM Temperature: 47 degrees Sky: Sunshine with little breeze. Sightings:Birds: Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, Mallards, Canada Geese, Osprey, American Robins, European Starlings, Double-crested Cormorants, Yellow-rumbed Warbler, Bullock’s Orioles, Barn Swallows, Western Kingbird, Northern Flicker, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingbird, Great Blue Herons, Wrens, Common Grackle, Turkey VulturesCritters: Tree Squirrels, Mule Deer, Red Ants, lots of flying bugs Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm

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