A personal favorite of mine (my yard & house) weren't so lucky. Marty Wolf
On Jun 27, 2012, at 10:45 PM, Steven Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > I would assume we have quite a few birding areas in peril of late? > > Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn > > > Yeah, another birding site aflame: my vantage point on the Dakota Sandstone > ridge above Mountain Shadows, on Colorado Springs' Westside, where i do my > impromptu COS Hawkwatch. > > Everything between the scar and there, and below it was scorched. It had > been mostly oak and some pines. Now just stumps. Not sure how the raptors > nesting in the canyons have done. Most famous were the Golden Eagles that > nested in the now infamous Queens Canyon for many years. I hope I'll be able > to get back in there next spring. That was Flying W Ranch property, and that > ceased to exist yesterday. Maybe the scorching won't affect migrant raptor > paths. > > On a happier note - this morning I was able to find a vantage point on The > Mesa where I could see that my house is still standing in the lower > elevations of Mountain Shadows. Thank you to the 120+ firetrucks and crews > that were there at dawn this morning saving the vast majority of houses. > > And another area - Pine Valley on the Air Force Academy where I taught high > school biology and environmental science, and where we erected 85 bluebird > houses, and have been monitoring them for 25 years. That area is under > evacuation, and there is currently a small fire in the upper reaches of the > canyon, along W Monument Creek. > > Thankfully, > Steve Brown, > Colorado Springs > soon to return to Mountain Shadows. > > > > > -- > 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.
