After reading Ajit Antony's post on the 18th regarding HMANA's Winter Raptor Survey, I uploaded the Nunn Raptor Alley route into their database and drove the route earlier today. Raptor Alley is included in the Eastern Plains Colorado Birding Trail <https://coloradobirdingtrail.com/site/raptor-alley/>.
The diversity of birds was decent, though the numbers were a bit low. I only saw a handful of active prairie dogs on today's chilly day, which may have impacted some of the foraging of larger birds. Lots of Horned Larks, with a group of about 800 on CR33 at CR94. Among them I heard only two Lapland Longspurs, and briefly scanned for bunting, but no luck. Here are the raptor numbers: - 1 Golden Eagle - 2 Northern Harrier - 2 Bald Eagle - 7 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Rough-legged Hawk - 2 Ferruginous Hawk - 2 American Kestrel - 1 Prairie Falcon Here is the link to the Hawk Migration Association of North America if you are interested in their work: https://www.hmana.org/winter-raptor-survey/ Robert Beauchamp 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/cf838779-347c-41df-bd2f-5ffb990f5aacn%40googlegroups.com.
