Agree with juv Long-tailed Jaeger. Looks like white on the upper wing is limited to the two outer primary shafts.
Nick Komar Fort Collins > On Sep 9, 2018, at 4:02 PM, Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: > > My guess, that is a juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger. They can be found eating > grasshoppers in open fields, no where near water. > > >> On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 3:56 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >> I led a San Luis valley birding trip on Friday, Sept 7, and 11 of us had a >> great day afield. We stayed on the west side of the Valley as this seems to >> be where most of the birds are congregating during this outstanding fall >> migration. We tallied 94 species and the best birds were 7 species of >> warblers including Townsend's and Northern Waterthrush, Osprey, Lincoln's >> Sparrow, Stilt Sandpiper, and Burrowing Owl. >> >> As we finished up Cat Creek and were driving back to our vehicles, we found >> an apparent road killed bird on the side of the road and stopped to examine >> it. After considerable head scratching and wonderment, we determined it to >> be a seabird! And more specifically a Jaeger of some variety. >> >> As long as I have been keeping records in the San Luis Valley, I have no >> records for Jaegers here. However, I have long suspected they pass through >> our area and that sooner or later one might be found. So I would invite you >> to look at the images (roadkilled) of the bird, and let me know what species >> you think it is. It had a noticeable broken wing on one side and was found >> on the side of the road. We estimated its length at 15-16 inches. It was >> still rather ripe and was killed in the last few days by our estimate. >> >> I have posted a number of pictures of the bird on my website for your >> perusal. Look in the folder "Jaeger Plus Warblers" and let me know what you >> think. We were all very excited by this strange and bewildering ending to >> our adventure. >> >> https://johnrawinski.zenfolio.com/ >> >> John Rawinski >> Monte Vista, 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/01384e63-058b-4f59-9cc4-5c8c4c1f8996%40googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Brandon Percival > Pueblo West, 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/CA%2BXeEuXhPLiU5i0nF0DTt-u6MH_%3DQfiT7i%2BbgayuV968bK%3D5ng%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/A037A103-F5AF-4DAD-9672-C117DFB4A6A0%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
