Today, on the beaver ponds at the south end of Manitou Lake (fee area) I had what I believe was a Mexican Duck (considered a subspecies of Mallard nowadays). It did fly after a few minutes and I got good looks at the speculum bordered in white on both sides.
FOS birds this weekend at the lake: American White Pelican Golden Eagle Spotted Sandpiper California Gull Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Have not seen either the Rusty Blackbird or the Black Phoebe in several days. The Golden Eagle was first seen in a steep dive from up high onto a prairie dog. The prairie dog escaped at the last second. One of the resident red-tailed hawks (nest somewhere nearby, but haven't found it yet; seen them collecting sticks and courtship a month or two ago) immediately swooped down on the eagle, which took off. The Hawk pestered the Eagle until it was out of range. Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands -- 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/06bc01cf6270%241619ea10%24424dbe30%24%40JonesTC.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
