Hi all, I birded this this morning and then early in the afternoon. This morning there were still many McCown's Longspurs, Vesper, Lark, White-crowned and Chipping Sparrows along 59th and Hygiene Roads. I watched a Sharp-shinned Hawk dive on the road side birds. The resident Bald Eagle was present, as was one Swainson's, one male Northern Harrier, four Red-tailed, one Loggerhead Shrike and about a dozen Turkey Vultures.
I stopped at the west end of Clover Basin Reservoir, unfortunately without my scope. There is a large assortment of shore birds, and one looked big enough to be a Long-billed Curlew. Out of the west, a Peregrine dived on the assembly, then kept going east. About 3 p.m., I was coming back from Longmont and as N. 65th is closed, decided to take the very muddy N. 51st. About 1/2 mile north of Nelson, there was a Broad-winged Hawk. Definitely a different bird than I reported earlier in the week, as it was more heavily patterned on the chest. Cheers, Pam Piombino St. Vrain Road Boulder County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
