Eighteen-Years Ago Today. World Life List #63. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Observed at Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. More images of Red-winged Blackbirds are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus). Observed, actually first heard — loud chirps at the Lily Lake area in Rocky Mountain National Park. Lily lake is on Colorado highway 7 just outside of Estes Park. I would come back to Lily Lake many times over the time I was working part time in Boulder, Colorado just to look for the Broad-tailed Hummingbirds. Other images of Broad-tailed Hummingbirds are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) observed while hiking on the Longs Peak Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Other images of Canada Jays are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis). Observed while hiking on the Longs Peak Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Other images of American Three-toed Woodpeckers are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
While out taking pictures of the flowers blooming in my back wildflower meadow a large dark bird flew out of the pond landing in a tree next to the pond. I was able to quickly get a picture and identify it as a Green Heron (Butorides virescens). Shortly afterwards a second Green Heron flew out of the pond and away before I could capture an image. Note that this image was taken with a 10-year-old Nikon 1 V3 camera with a 70-300 mm VR lens. I still find this to be a great camera and lens combination for bird images.
I have previously seen Green Herons at the local Sourland Mountain Preserve in 2012, 2013, and 2016 but not in my backyard pond. I expanded the pond a couple of years ago, and it is now full of frogs attracting Green Herons and Great Blue Herons. Additional Green Heron images are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
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