Hi all, Yesterday, 2/7, Mike Henwood and I took a group of Master Birders out to the plains area. We saw 2 Merlins a couple of miles east of Quail Run Rd, on 160th Ave. This was in a location with a shelterbelt made up of conifers and deciduous trees. I saw one female Richardsonii. We got great looks at this bird. Curiously, there was another Merlin about 50 feet apart from this first bird. We only got a look of the silhouette of this bird, since it was in the shade, and then flew into another shady spot. We could not pick up any distinguishing markings because of this. I presume it was a Richardsonii? We were also treated to observing two Red-tailed Hawks performing an aerial exchange of nesting material! Good birding, Tina Jones Littleton, Jefferson co. CO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
