COBirders, I spent a some time in Lincoln county today in the snow early and then nice warm weather by midday. At Kinney Lake SWA I had a pair of COMMON REDPOLLs. As I pulled up they flew in and landed right in front of me. I did get some photos but they are very poor as they were through my windshield and I could not get focused on the birds. Other notables there were COMMON and RED-BREASTED MERGANSERs, 30+ LESSER SCAUP, a handful of CANVASBACK and then more of the expected species. There was also one hybrid MALLARDx????. I was trying to re-find the Redpolls and not as interested in the ducks. Also, right were the Redpolls were there were also seven bulls. They did not seem aggressive but needless to say I did not test them.
I will avoid listing all the other little odds and ends but I will include the days raptor list. It includes all the raptors I saw today in both Lincoln and El Paso counties. Northern Harrier - 4 Red-tailed Hawk - 11 + 1 Harlan's Ferruginous Hawk - 8 Rough-legged Hawk - 17! Golden Eagle - 5 American Kestrel - 6 Merlin - 4 Prairie Falcon - 1 Not quite raptors: Northern Shrike - 8 Loggerhead Shrike - 1 ----- Mark Peterson Colorado Springs -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
