Hi COBirders, Partly cloudy skies and slight breeze out of the North this morning on Colorado Springs's Westside. Only a few Red-tailed Hawks for most of my time there. I did notice a Peregrine Falcon streaking North above and behind The Scar - which seemed unusual for the breeze ..... until the gust hit five minutes later at about 50mph! Made it hard to stand up, let alone scan the skies. Gusts continuing this afternoon. I watched from about 1015-1215 today.
Observed: 5 Red-tailed Hawks 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Com Raven (but NO kestrels, prairie falcons, or crows) FOY White-throated Swift (none yesterday, 5 today! Fun to watch them negotiate the gusts, with no problems) W Bluebirds W Scrub Jays, Am Robins, N Flicker, BB Magpie, and thats about it. Pretty slow and quiet, even before the wind hit. (Also 8 Army helicopters to the South, and 6 gliders and tow-planes over the USAFA, and two fires - one in Douglas CO, and one out on the horizon towards Flacon) Lots to see! Steve Brown Colorado Springs (Mountain Shadows area) -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
