CORRECTION the year was 2020 Susan Brighton
On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 12:50 PM Susan Rosine <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a confirmed Black Merlin I photographed at Rocky Mountain Arsenal > NWR (Adams County) back on April 17, 2021. Hope the photos help. > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S67377053 > > Susan Rosine > Brighton > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 11:41 AM John Shenot <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dave et al., >> >> I photographed a very dark Merlin a few miles from there (Prospect Ponds) >> in January that I also thought might be Pacific race, but lacking your >> experience and ID skills I was reluctant to report it as such. See photo on >> eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S79421827. Maybe it's >> the same bird and it's been hanging around all winter? What's the normal >> range for a wintering Merlin? >> >> John Shenot >> Fort Collins, CO >> >> On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 10:59:09 AM UTC-6 Dave Leatherman wrote: >> >>> Yesterday at Fort Collins City Park I was checking Sheldon Lake from the >>> boardwalk when a small falcon flew past carrying prey. I tracked this bird >>> down in an elm northeast of the lake and discovered a very dark Merlin >>> eating what I think was a mostly headless European Starling (blackish bird >>> with speckles and long pink legs with giant pink feet). As with >>> accipiters, apparently the sweetbreads get consumed first. >>> >>> I am thinking this is a dark (Pacific) subspecies, which I've only seen >>> a couple times in Colorado. Any comments on whether it is a Pacific vs. >>> Taiga welcome. I definitely don't think this individual is our typical >>> Prairie subspecies. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The storm seems to have pushed a good number of Cassin's Finches into >>> the City Park/Grandview Cemetery area. The Spotted Towhee (two of them) >>> that have wintered in the block of neighborhood east of the cemetery are >>> singing off and on. Big infusion of robins of late. Tree damage has been >>> significant but the moisture will soon create 6-foot-tall daffodils I >>> suspect. >>> >>> As an aside, I was told my presentation given recently to Fort Collins >>> Audubon Society about the cemetery was recorded and put on YouTube. For >>> anyone interested who was unable to attend live, go to the FCAS website for >>> access details. >>> >>> Dave Leatherman >>> Fort Collins >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ >> --- >> 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/553587ac-fd65-4d35-a633-932d5334cce5n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/553587ac-fd65-4d35-a633-932d5334cce5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/CACPnx8U%3DU9Meqx_TnzvfvPj7L3gacVppFf2A8%3DKQy0TpesBa3g%40mail.gmail.com.
