At 3:15 pm today, I saw a light adult (dark eye) female Rough-legged Hawk sitting on a stop sign on 104th St. A photographer at the lake had photographed the hawk two hours before I came, so she was on the sign for at least two hours. The sign is just east of where 104th goes over the Northwest Parkway. Then, at the Stearns Lake Open Space area highlight species were, as follows: a singing Marsh Wren (in cornfield east of the dam), at least two dozen Common Grackles (also in cornfield), and at least four Great-tailed Grackles! The grackles were in a flock of several hundred male Red-winged Blackbirds, which was in the east side of the cornfield and adjacent cottonwoods. Other blackbird species and starlings may have been in the flock, but I did not have a scope.
Other species: Red-tailed Hawk (2), Am. Kestrel (1), Am. Tree Sparrow (5), Song Sparrow (1), Mallard (1), and Canada Goose (2), The lake is totally frozen. Paula Hansley Louisville -- 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.
