Thx for posting Gary. Lisa Carp Superior On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 3:44 PM 'The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all > > With all of the recent talk of Eastern Meadowlark I did a quick search on > identifying between the two and found this useful article: > https://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/mlarkdiff.htm > > Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn > http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org > > > On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 3:15:53 PM UTC-6, Marcia Wade - Lafayette, > Boulder County wrote: >> >> I saw a Bullock's oriole on S. Boulder Rd. and Cimarron St. in Louisville >> on Tues. (6/2) at about 3 p.m. - it was flying south across an empty >> field. At Greenlee in Lafayette the same day at dusk, I saw a female >> downey woodpecker, a yellowheaded blackbird, an osprey hunting over the >> lake, a black chinned hummingbird, and a Swainson's hawk being pursued by a >> really pissed off red-winged blackbird. The blackbird kept diving the hawk >> until she flew back to her nest. She hopped around the nest for a few >> minutes and then snuggled down into the nest until she completely >> disappeared. The blackbird stood nearby shrieking, and still was when I >> passed by 20 min. later. Wednesday at dusk I saw two Swainson's hawks (one >> is a dark morph - ID'd for me by Mr. Sudjian) two blocks south of 104th and >> Dillon Road - one on a light pole, one in a tree. Also saw a snowy egret >> and a yellow rumped warbler (eastern) in pond to west of Stearns Lake, and >> the meadowlark pictured below. I think it is an eastern meadowlark b/c the >> area behind the base of the lower mandible is white instead of yellow. >> Anyone agree? I couldn't get a clear recording of his song b/c the red >> wings were causing such a rucus. >> >> [image: DSCN6469.JPG][image: DSCN6472.JPG] >> > -- > 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/4f3ed0fc-1775-4ec8-85c3-4ca22c3c2dc0o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4f3ed0fc-1775-4ec8-85c3-4ca22c3c2dc0o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAHkHN6SL%2BbTKcjGTcMigjQ9D9ZJ7yvg1ofD3a%3Dtk-BS-w9Ffgg%40mail.gmail.com.
