And as a some of my gang pointed out---- The badger chasing a prairie dog around like the Tasmanian Devil of the cartoons was a definite non-avian highlight.
On Monday, May 16, 2022 at 8:07:38 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > A great day with intermittent gusty winds and a delightful crew of > counters pulled in 92 species in spite of extreme drought conditions at the > Arsenal. Few waterbirds to be found with most lakes dry or near dry > already. Highlights too numerous to count , including many Swainson's > Hawks giving great aerial shows and courting behavior, one of the nesting > Bald Eagles trying to shop at the Osprey fish market, very many Lark > Buntings scattered all over the SG Prairie area on territories singing and > parachuting all day long, and practically every cottonwood sported a > Bullocks male, pair of Lark Sparrows, Western and Eastern Kingbirds or a > House Wren. The mixed sparrow flocks in the Saltbush area made for a great > study at the end of the day. And of course no Arsenal visit is complete > without a Great Horned Owl, in this case two family groups each with 2 > fledglings. Great day indeed! > > Charlie > Denver > -- -- 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/c6d50983-75c3-42fb-9d89-b5fa10c6fa9fn%40googlegroups.com.
