Hi CoBirders. While the Great Horned Owls have nested where the Red Tailed Hawks nested last year, the Red Tailed Hawks now have a nest just east of the Coors grain elevator. The female hawk is on the nest and a male is often nearby. The male is shy. Maybe he isn't accustomed to the harmless open space human traffic.
The Coors grain elevator is most easily accessed from Mcintyre. Look for a dead-end road going east, just south of the east bound ramp for Colorado highway 58. The open space trailhead has a porta-potty. You can see the red tail nest by looking about 100 yards south from the trail near the porta-potty. To see the owl nest, walk east on the open space trail about 1/4 mile until you come to a turn to the south and a trail closure sign where the trail used to go straight east. The owl nest, with at least one gray, 1/2 grown young, is a few paces south and nearly over the trail. The male was nearby when Jim Duggan and I were there, March 12th. Passing bicyclists and hikers will help you find this nest. If you continue east on the trail until it goes through a tunnel for a railroad crossing, and then continue shortly until the trail turns east again, you can find another owl nest. This one is about 20 yards north of the trail. The female is sitting but she is very difficult to see. There are 2 or 3 suspicious nest constructions in this area. Look closely for ear tufts. Paul Slingsby & Jim Duggan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php 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.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
