Hi Birders, Working out east today I happened to catch another nice group of Swainson's although not quite as many as Scott Seltman saw in Baca. I estimated around 60 wheeling, kiting, and diving behind the tractor.
These hawks have adapted well to agriculture, they were swooping at everything, including a meadowlark flushed by the combine that was nearly nabbed right in front of my car! But they were mostly eating locusts and mice. Scattered flocks of chestnut-collared longspurs called overhead too. I finally caught this amazing spectacle of the fall kettles of this Buteo species, and it will soon be over this year, the next front will likely push them mostly along. But I highly recommend searching out one of these amazing kettles. Some of my snapshots and brief video (including some kleptoparasitism among the hawks) are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Rostrhamus/SwainsonSHawkMigration# Best, Scott Severs Longmont --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
