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We love traveling. We always capture tons of pictures from wherever we've been and we like sharing our traveling experiences with our friends. So, this is how this blog began - as short stories with pictures in an attempt to share where we've been and what we've seen. Even not stories , but just notes. Nothing serious and big. Mostly I'm writing these stories on a rush and sometimes even don't have time to re-read them. So, I apologize in advance for possible typos here and there. There can be some factual errors or inaccuracies and they even might be corrected one day. Don't hesitate to contact me if you find something that needs to be fixed and don't expect these notes to be a perfect novels ;) The stories in this blog are not in chronological order, but I will try to remember to put the date of the trip. So... welcome to this blog and, hopefully, you will find something interesting and have the same feeling we had when we were there. Let's go...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Another beautiful morning and birds of Barr Lake

The best time to start the hike around Barr Lake is early in the morning. I mean it... as early as you can get out of bed, preferably right before sunrise... If you can do it, the reward is great... pure liquid gold spilling over the horizon line and everything looking like it was made of 24 karat gold.... Beautiful, isn't it?

 
But the shadow side of the trail still looks dull and grey. So grey that even the colorful pheasant looks almost indistinguishable from the grass...


A couple of deer looked at me suspiciously for a few minutes before turning around and disappearing into the trees out of my sight. No complaints though... they let me take one picture and this was more than I expected ;)


When you are there early, the birds are everywhere. Sparrows and Red-Winged Blackbirds let you see them and enjoy their conversations (or quarrels)...



When that robin turned towards me with that evil look, I backed off and decided to take another trail. I really didn't want to cross the path of this mean bird ... not a fan of angry birds...



In a few minutes I approached the shallow waters and found this magnificent bird... I had never seen a Grey Heron before and held my breath with excitement... but the heron took off and flew away graciously...


What a disappointment, I thought, but the heron didn't really want to fly away, it flew about 10 feet and landed lazily before starting to walk along the water's edge...



I stayed around for a while before moving on down the trail.


I soon encountered another American Robin, and this one seemed much friendlier. Although it didn’t take long before it whistled and flew off to join its friends.


If you live in Colorado, you know that there's one bird you get tired of in the winter - the Canada Goose. They’re just part of the landscape and follow you everywhere you go. So seeing them at Barr Lake wasn’t a surprise. Not at all…




At this point, I turned around and headed back to the parking lot, still looking for some more birds to capture...


And again I ran into a Grey Heron, which was now wading in the shallows looking for breakfast.


As I turned off the lake, I spotted a Red-Tailed Hawk landing in a tree not far from the trail. This bird is usually seen soaring high in the sky, and this was a great opportunity to see it so close.



Another Robin (one of many I had seen this morning) was running between prairie dog's burrows and I thought the color of its breast matched the color of the sky as the sun peeked over the horizon before taking off to begin its daily journey across the sky...


It was a nice short hike (even though the air was below freezing when I started) and it was just what I needed to shake the fatigue of the week behind and prepare for a week to come...


The pictures were taken on March 15, 2025.

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