Thank you all for your suggestions. I accept the pale Red-tail, possible
Krider’s hawk (even though looking at the photo I thought there’s no way this
can be a Red-tail: white head, white rump, barred tail!). But there is more to
the story of this pale red-tail. I was looking out the kitchen
Yes, this is a definite juvenile Red-tailed. When I see birds like this in
the field I don't really take note of the field marks like a should I just
say "this is a Red-tailed because of the GISS," but this is a good
opportunity to note the field marks since Osprey and Ferruginous Hawk were
We had several slow days post-storm and there have been various reports
about birds showing stress or worse due to the weather and probably the
smoke from the fires. So we were really pleased to band 85 seemly healthy
birds today, including 64 warblers of 6 species, most of whom were carrying
Thank you for this overview! I always wondered how to balance the positive
value for birds with the impetus to eradicate. I sure see a lot of birds
using the R-os here inCanon City. Maybe thinning is the best or most
realistic approach.
Laura Gorman
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, check out light western juv. in Sibley. Bands on
tail from Dave's description. Also, no feathered legs that Ferrug would
show.
On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 3:42 PM Dave Hyde wrote:
> HI CObirders,,
>
> At 1.25pm today as I looked out my kitchen window I saw
Cinnamon, Your photos show Baird’s Sandpipers rather than Pectoral. Note black
legs. Legs are yellow for Pectoral. Pectorals are even larger. The smaller peep
in one of the photos is Semipalmated Sandpiper. Here is a photo of a couple of
Pectoral Sandpipers taken a few days ago at Timnath
Hi Dave!
Thanks for mentioning the white rump field mark. This looks like a
Ferruginous Hawk to me. On its upper side there are the diagnostic "three
points of white," the third point being the rump white patch and two white
patches on the "wrists."
The birds are happy, and so am I
~Caleb Alons,
HI CObirders,,
At 1.25pm today as I looked out my kitchen window I saw a large
hawk fly upwards and over the house. All I saw was a spread tail with many fine
bands. I grabbed my binoculars and camera and went to the front of the house to
see the hawk land atop a pine tree. I
It was still there, 50 meters below the dam spillway at 12:15 pm today,
Tuesday, September 15. Initially perched on a Ponderosa Pine next to the
stream, then went hunting.
Randy Vernon
Colorado Springs
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 11:05:12 AM UTC-6 david.ba...@gmail.com
wrote:
> Has
Has anyone been to Manitou Lake today? This is my first free afternoon to
go down and look for the black hawk. I'm hopeful it's still there but any
negative reports could help save me from a nice long Tuesday afternoon
drive :)
David Bailey
Golden
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 9:46 AM wrote:
> The
The Russian-olive removal at Crow Valley Campground was done at the behest of
the US Forest Service who is in charge of the area. These days the USFS does
almost all on-the-ground work, except firefighting, through contractors. I
believe the removal of the olives at Crow Valley Campground was
Are the tamarisks all dead or just individual trees?
If they are all dead in large groups along the river, then it is the
beetle. A predatory beetle was brought in to eliminate the Tamarisks. It
was tested for more than 10 years to see if it was going to be an
eco-disaster. Scientists
Any letters? Song bird is throwing me off!
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 17:05 Lisa Carp wrote:
> I do not know if it's appropriate to put this here but it does make you
> think!
>
> NY Times Crossword Puzzle today.
>
> *5 letters-ground dwelling songbird.*
>
> Hubby & I did not get the answer right.
A tree pipit (which I have seen on Attu) apparently nests on the ground, but
sings from low branches of a tree!
Karl Stecher
Aurora/Arapahoe
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