This morning I spotted a Cooper's Hawk chasing what looked like a Broad-winged Hawk across the Canon City Riverwalk the Broad-winged Hawk didn't look exactly right. Later I found a light morph Broad-winged Hawk in juvenal plumage, the apparent reason that the bird didn't look right the first time as their plumage varies from the adult plumage. I got some very good photos of the hawk and have uploaded them to my BirdsAndNature<http://www.BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com>blog.
Just a note that I saw my first Eastern Kingbird here yesterday and found 2 more today. Spring run-off on the Arkansas River is starting and with the water level up there is limited shores. This year is quite unusual as we (and I believe the same for the So Platte) begin run-off earlier and therefore have little habitat for shorebirds. With the lower water level (until now) this year there have been an unusually high number of Spotted Sandpipers in the Canon City area plus the Willet I found last week. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
