Folks, Motivated by recent reports of goodies, a temperature above freezing and cabin fever, I decided to head north to Barr Lake in search of longspurs and blackbirds. When I left Castle Rock it was a balmy 38 degrees. 45 minutes later near Barr Lake it was 15 degrees. Assuming it would warm up, I drove some of the roads east of Barr Lake and north of DIA. There was a abundance of raptors of various species and forms. Dark morph Red-taileds, Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawks put on a good show, especially with the bright sun and snow cover. I scanned many flocks of Horned Larks before I found a flock of 75 or so Lapland Longspurs. They were near 128th and Pohawton Rd. After spending some time with the longspurs and with temps rising to 17 degrees, I drove to Barr Lake in search of Rusty Blackbirds. I found 6 below the dam where Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooks had them. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more down in the prime habitat east of the RMBO headquarters building. Some photos of my outing can be seen at the link below. Thanks for the COBIRDS reports!
Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2014_birds -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4695C6C05FA744A6884C9A7F57EB46B8%40gwalbekPC. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
