Over the weekend visited the following ... photos at http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo
Chalk Bluffs Road (Friday 830-11am)--does not disappoint once again! Hwy 85 to WY border; 3 miles turn right. Chalk Bluffs Road runs 8 miles paved; turns north for 1 mile; returns east 4 more miles. I probably did 3-7mph entire length. Listen, stop, get out--view grasslands. At 3 mile mark Rosetta Lane goes south 1.5m. - Chestnut-collared Longspur (easy) - McCown's Longspur (easy) - Lark Bunting (lots) - Grasshopper Sparrow (dozen+ or so) - Horned Lark (lots) - Common Grackle - Barn Swallow - Swainson's Hawk - Northern Harrier - Mourning Dove - Western Meadowlark (lots) - Red-tailed Hawk - Common Nighthawk - American Robin - Western Kingbird - House Sparrow - European Starling - Blue Grosbeak - Loggerhead Shrike - American Kestrel Estes Park (Saturday) - Found and photographed Broad-tailed Hummingbird nest (2 nestlings) along sidewalk behind shops along river - Played "Park Ranger Host" to tourists pointing out nest and mother hummer to right of nest--lots of "look-y-loos" CPER/Nunn (Sunday) - joined up with Denver Audubon trip and McCown's researcher - Many McCown's in study area north and along Weld CR 114 - Prairie Falcon - Burrowing Owls 10+ along Weld CR 114 at Weld CR 45; .5m east of intersection on south - Burrowing Owls 4+ along Weld CR 114 at Weld CR 37; 1.5m east of intersection on south; .2m east is another dog colony - Golden Eagle nestling doing well Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m -- 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/2a3d2d1e-24e1-49b4-84e3-8561c2bfcc18%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
