Greetings All,
Tim Smart and I had a spanking, relatively windless, definitely warm day in NE Colorado. At Sand Draw SWA: calling COMMON RAVEN and a RL Hawk and a N Shrike near Julesburg: COMMON GROUND-DOVE. Take I-76 to US-287. Go n. towards Julesburg. There are two bridges over the river. Between these, there is a road to the east and to the west. The road to the west leads to an area closed due to deer hunting. The road to the east leads to an island of land between the two parts of the river. It is mostly sandy soil with a few trees, much sparse grass, and a few dense bushes. There are several ponds and other areas where birds can drink. We flushed the bird as we drove into this area. Tim refound it a few minutes later. The bird was then nice enough to flee Tim, fly right into my view, and then land 30 feet in front of me in a tree. Later, we were able to take a leisurely look through a scope at about 50 feet. Fortunately, Glenn and other were later to scamper from Denver to Julesburg and photograph this bird. Jumbo Reservoir: TRUMPETER SWAN: adult in Logan LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: 2 in Sedgwick, 1 in Logan THAYER'S GULL: 1 in each county 2 GREATER SCAUP in Sedgwick Also, 2 Common Loons, 2 Harlan's Hawks, 1 Northern Shrike, 13,500 Snow Geese and 1500 Ross's Geese; Little Jumbo Reservoir: 1 LB DOWITCHER, a Northern Shrike, 5 Greater Yellowlegs, and 3000+ RW Blackbirds Prewitt Reservoir: 43 Bonaparte's Gulls, 1 THAYER'S GULL, 4 Greater Yellowlegs, and 2 Common Loons Good Birding Steve Mlodinow Longmont, CO -- 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.
