Hi Everyone,
I spent about an hour this morning not seeing the Gyrfalcon along Trilby Road in Ft Collins. I was able to pick out a Lesser Black-backed Gull at the landfill, and the gulls will only get better as the weather gets colder. I spent midday checking the scene of the Red-flanked Bluetail, mainly to see what might have attracted it. I saw the Idaho bird, and it was feeding on flying insects (midges, I think) in riparian thickets. There were insects, even in January. I saw no insects here at all. There were three of us wandering the area, and the only bird of note was a dark Harlan's Red-tail. The bluetail is surely gone by now. A Sharp-shinned Hawk and a stray cat were in the area, and they can't have helped matters. Back in Ft Collins, I spent some time in the afternoon wandering the neighborhood around Tradition south of Horsetooth. I did not find any waxwings, or even any robins. Mark Miller Longmont, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/00b701d595da%24e85b89e0%24b9129da0%24%40gmail.com.
