Looks like Boreal to me. On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 11:49:23 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
> Hi Tom! > > What time would you suggest for spotting the owls? Early morning/dusk? > > Thanks! > Natalie > > On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 7:49:19 PM UTC-7 thavs1 wrote: > >> I had a chance to go out last Saturday, January 2, to some birding in >> Louviers. Myself and two others explored the town and he DuPont open space. >> It was a good day with some uncommon species for us this year. Stellar's >> Jays, Bush Tits, Evening Grosbeaks and one Northern Goshawk. While >> exploring along Plum Creek just along the border of the open space and >> private land we observed what we thought was a Saw-whet Owl on the private >> land. All in all a great day. I submitted my list to eBird along with a >> couple photos of the Saw-whet. A couple days later, I received a message >> from Scott Somershoe, an eBird reviewer stating that he thought the photo I >> submitted was actually a Boreal Owl. I was able to send additional photos >> to confirm that what I saw was actually a Boreal Owl. I was hesitant to >> report this since it is such a rare bird, I didn't want to encourage others >> to converge on the area and scare the bird away. But the bird was also seen >> on Monday and Tuesday by another birder, but not again on Wednesday. >> Scott and I tried to find the bird again on Friday but couldn't find it, >> though we did find a Saw-whet Owl. >> Photos here. >> eBird Checklist - 2 Jan 2021 - 80131, Louviers, Douglas County, CO, US - >> 29 species <https://ebird.org/checklist/S78531505> >> Thomas Halverstadt | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/thavs1/> >> >> Tom Halverstadt, Louviers, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f9977efc-1c5f-43d6-9dc1-889bc2cac94bn%40googlegroups.com.
