I visited the Lafayette-SE breeding bird atlas block this morning, primarily to try for a Red-tailed Hawk nesting confirmation. I was fortunate to find a well concealed adult hunkered down on a nest on the Jefferson County side of Sheridan.
I also found the rehabilitated albino Red-tail at Legacy Ridge (Admas Co). The male was with a female, as when I first found the pair February 19. However, there was no sign of nesting. There's a photo of the albino on my new Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/chundertmark. As I watched the albino, he was repeatedly attacked by a male American Kestrel. Other sightings of minor interest, all in the Big Creek Open Space: 3 Cinnamon Teal Cooper's Hawk (They seem to be moving through the state. 8 seen at Dinosaur Ridge Friday; one crashed into a dining room window yesterday.) Say's Phoebe (FOY) At a small marsh at Legacy Ridge: 8 or more male Red-winged Blackbirds mobbing a cryptically colored male and driving it repeatedly into the cattails. Chuck Hundertmark 2546 Lake Meadow Drive Lafayette, CO 80026 Phone/fax: 303-604-0531 Cell: 720-771-8659 [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
