To me the description matches perfectly that of a Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel. Habitat matches this species as well. :-) Joey Kellner Littleton, CO
On Friday, June 22, 2012 9:14:28 AM UTC-6, ronbco wrote: > In a grassy field in Longmont heard an unfamiliar call. > fairly high pitched, 6-10 single notes evenly spaced in about 3 seconds > (so pretty quick), slightly descending (perhaps a 3rd interval) > the bird must have been in a tuft of grass > I heard it very close, sounded like within 8 ft so I moved slowly to try > to see it and in a minute or so it sounded about 8 ft further ahead, > repeated with same result > so the sound is such that the location is deceiving and/or the bird moves > very, very slyly > > Ron Bolton > Berthoud CO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/RBER41JW61YJ. 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.
