Just had male and female Northern Harriers and a Merlin hunting in yard chasing House Sparrows and Finches who ducked for cover in our evergreens. The harriers and Merlin made two "attack" runs (I'm an Air Force guy)--competing against each other. The harriers have been here all day.
Also, 5 minutes later a Rough-legged Hawk came through yard and now sits atop telephone pole out front. Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://Coloradobirder.ning.com/--Home of the "Nunn Guy" On Jan 9, 2:36 pm, "The \"Nunn Guy\"" <[email protected]> wrote: > Update ... sun out, snow stopped. I walked out into the wheat stubble > field to see if I can get closer photos. No dice, smarter than this > human. So, I waited (they flew all around me) but never landed close > enough. > > The Lapland Longspur population is probably 100-150 I watched a very > large flock fly around for abut 20 minutes. > > Thanks > Gary Lefkohttp://Coloradobirder.ning.com/--Home of the "Nunn Guy" > > On Jan 9, 12:38 pm, "The \"Nunn Guy\"" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Along WCR 100 between WCR 27 and WCR 23 are multiple thousands of > > Horned Larks and multiple dozens of Lapland Longspurs. > > > I have some crappy photos > > here:http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/albums/lapland-longspurs > > > I've noticed in my eight years up here snow brings out the Horned > > Larks and tends to tighten them all into a single HUGE flock(s) (like > > today). > > > Once snow goes away, sun comes out--they disperse into smaller > > flocks. I'm thinking if you want to see these guys you need to > > venture up today or next few days. > > > Thanks > > Gary Lefkohttp://Coloradobirder.ning.com/--Home of the "Nunn Guy" -- 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.
