All was pretty peaceful at Hine Lake in Robert A. Easton Memorial Park in JeffCo this morning until a *Prairie Falcon* appeared out of nowhere, stopping from on high and slamming into a 1st cycle *Ring-billed Gull*. Poof! It landed with the gull on the lake's remnant of ice for a minute or so, and then lifted up and carried it off with some effort to the northwest. A pair of *Greater Scaup *watched it all.
A *Say's Phoebe* was at the south margin of Sledding Hill Park near Kipling x Ken Caryl. An *American Pipit* was along the South Platte near the exit from Chatfield Dam. A 1st cycle *Lesser Black-backed Gull* was flying around near the Chatfield Swim Beach. The reservoir had hardly any birds at all. On the shifting season's theme, I've been enjoying seeing male *Red-winged Blackbirds* arrayed atop cattail stems, singing over their still beaten down marsh patches. Today near South Valley Park I heard my first songs from *Spotted Towhees* for this season. *Northern Saw-whet Owls* are doing a lot of calling lately. David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, CO -- 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/CAGj6RorLzUyP_9SRknaBpdyPu_6AdCzM7hg06mwXBu1m27Xvow%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
