Thanks. The bird is hunting the fields south of there now (and for last hour.) Beautiful creature flying so low over the ground.
Adam Coal Creek Canyon, CO Sent from my mobile On Jan 5, 2012, at 22:55, Dick Filby <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Despite having already seen at least 25 Snowy Owls so far this week (see off > topic below).. I couldn’t resist one more as I passed through Denver on my > way back to Carbondale.. > > East of Barr Lake (Adams County), the “darker” Snowy Owl (1st year female?) > was still about 1/4mile west of Harvest Road at 5pm this Thursday evening. > It was viewable by looking west from just south of 14141 Harvest, or better > (better light – not closer!) by viewing north from E 136th Ave, about > 1/4mile west of Harvest. Earlier, at 3.51pm, I arrived at Lowell Blvd and > Sheridan Pkwy (Broomfield) just in time to see an immature Glaucous Gull > depart NE from the remaining ice on the pond there. There were a couple of > hundred gulls still present, (and plenty in the air heading NE) but there > were no other interesting gulls present. > > Off topic... This week I was with Al Levantin a few miles NE of Colorado in > warm and sunny South Dakota (yep - no snow to be seen, high temps in the low > 60’s, and lows only just around freezing !!). We saw at least 25 – 30 Snowy > Owls, nearly all rather distant, tho’ a couple were right next to the roads. > Raptors were great! EG: LOTS (over 100 in a single day!) Rough-legged Hawks > plus big numbers of other raptors including at least 8 different Prairie > Falcons , but alas, no Gyrs were found in the Pierre area this week, despite > extensive searching by local birders and ourselves. We saw hundreds of > Greater Prairie Chickens, but alas the adult Gyr that had been hunting them > around Christmas was not relocatable. We did find an unseasonable Savannah > Sparrow tho’. > > Good birding > > Dick Filby > Carbondale, Garfield County > > -- > 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. -- 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.
