HI COBirders, Wow. Winds out of the SE again (like 12 windy days in a row), so climbed to my point midday, and put out my GH Owl decoy. Nothing. From 11:00- 1:15, there was hardly anything moving, with the exception of one very close approach by a Raven - either checking-out me, or the decoy.
At 1:15 there was some sort of Astral Convergence, but only for 30 minutes. There was strong wind from the SE, high-level winds blowing clouds out over the Front Range from the W, and enough of a screen of high clouds against the mountains to pick up high-fliers. In that time I had 5 close approaches - 3 by 3 different Red-tails, one more by a Raven, and a last one by a very vocal female N Goshawk, who circled complaining three times. Also seen in that time, mostly high and over the scar or the Front Range peaks: Ferruginous Hawk - 1, Red-tailed Hawk - 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3 Cooper's Hawk - 4 Bald Eagle - 1 (adult) Turkey Vulture - 3 Com Raven - 5 Am Crow - 7 FOS - Tree Swallow - 2 At 1:45 it was all over, saw nothing more and I closed up at 2:30. I had only seen 2-3 accipters total up to this time! And no falcons at all today. You just never know! Also the usual foothills species: White-throated Swift - 8 N Flicker BB Magpie W Scrub Jay Am Robin Black-capped Chickadee W Bluebird Rock Pigeon I won't be posting any hawkwatches for a while. Busy next week, then RMBO banding starts at Chico Basin Ranch with Nancy Gobris 4/19, so I will be out there most days. Good Birding! You gotta love migration! Steve Brown Colorado Springs -- 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.
