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:jjo...@jonestc.com> jjo...@jonestc.com) 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. 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.
