Birds Sightings Wildlife
March 31, 2022

March 31, 2022

Environment:Start Time: 9:15 AM Temperature: 40 degrees Sky: Sunshine with a little, yet unwelcome, breeze. Sightings:Birds: Mallards, Gadwall, Canada Geese, Gulls, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flicker, American Robin, European Starlings, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorants, Cooper’s Hawk, Blue Jays, Sparrows, Crows, Turkey Vulture, Great Blue Heron, Swallows, Barn Swallow, Red-winged BlackbirdCritters: Tree Squirrel, Cabbage White Butterfly Gear: Nikon Panasonic Lumix GH4, 100-300mm

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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 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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