Hey, all. With Sharon Stiteler and Hannah Floyd and Andrew Floyd, I'm
having a grand old freezing cold time down here at the High Plains Snow
Goose Festival, Lamar, Prowers County. Earlier today, Fri., Feb. 9, at
Willow Creek Park, behind Lamar Community College, we saw an *auduboni
Hermit
The Feb. 10 field trip “From the mtns. to the Plains” has been officially
canceled. It will be re-scheduled.
Paula Hansley
Leader
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What's in a name?
Ed Harris must have been basking in the warm glow of Audubon's recognition
in the Latin name of that raptor, as Audubon's drawing of what is now known
as *Parabuteo unicinctus* was labelled
Louisiana Hawk (Buteo harris) in his *The Birds of America
Ed Harris of course! Harris was a friend of J.J. Audubon during the early
1800s. Audubon valued close friendships and often honored those friendships by
naming a bird after that person. In 1837 the Harris’s Hawk, illustrated by
Audubon, was introduced to the world with the publication of Birds
This is a bit off topic, but I wanted to throw out an offer. I just returned
from a trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. For the trip I purchased a
Texas state parks pass. If any Cobirders might be heading down that way, I'd be
happy to lend it to you- just contact me off list and we
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:February 9, 2018
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 9 sponsored by Denver
Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)
