Hello, Birders. Yesterday afternoon, Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1, I saw crows and ravens flying west along the Arapahoe Road corridor, eastern Boulder County, from 2:50 pm to 4:10 pm. I observed this phenomenon from Sombrero Marsh, Valmont Reservoir, South Teller Farms, Burke Lake, and Erie Reservoir. Some of the birds certainly were *American crows,* a few certainly were *Common Ravens,* and others were *"raven sp."* and *"crow/raven sp."*
A 80-minute passage of ravens, no matter what the species, is an interesting phenomenon. I hope others can get out and document it. I assume this flight occurs every day in the afternoon. Maybe the birds are coming from the Front Range Landfill, just over the border in Weld County. By 4:30, I had dropped south to Baseline Road where I saw another raven. But then I saw a *Merlin,* and that put an end to my raven ponderings. Here's a short video clip of the Merlin with its Super Bowl snack: http://tinyurl.com/Merlin-2015-02-01 Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- 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/226c523d-bc10-4fde-9f55-e554b2843f0a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
