Not really...you should look at a museum specimen of a sharpie to see the
length and cutting edge of its talons. Killing is like sticking long
spikes with into its prey. BTW...when you look at a sharpie specimen, note
why it is called sharp-shinned.
Karl Stecher
Centennial
Todd, I am not an expert at this, but found 3 codes to consider:
Please let me know what the experts say.
ON Occupied nest is the highest code to consider I am going by your
observation "perched ON THEIR NEST" Nest from last year?
or
N (probable) visiting probable nest site
or
P
I saw 20 eagles today SW and SE of Longmont. 2 were immature Golden Eagles
and 13 were immature Bald Eagles. Two of the adult BE were perched on
their nest. Also, at two different heronries I had multiple Great Blue
Herons perched in their nests.
What breeding code, if any is this?
Also,
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: February 19, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, February 19 sponsored by Denver
Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)
NOTE:
Last night some of the Colorado State Field Ornithogist Cameron Crazies,
and Mike McCloy who actually has allegiances to another part of Tobacco
Road, headed up towards Cameron Pass for an afternoon/evening of birding.
The weather was beautiful and the birds were very cooperative with Pine
There are about 6 to 8,000 birds at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge,
with more to come as waters start to flow. These birds consist of Sandhill
Cranes, Cackling, Canada, Gr Wh Fronted and Ross' Geese. A good variety of
ducks are also present. (Rio Grande County). Best viewing places are
On our monthly bird survey of the Peschell open space east of Longmont and
just inside Weld County (south of 119 on County Line Road), we managed to
find 1 male Mountain Bluebird and 10 male Yellow-headed Blackbirds. The
YHBLs are in a section of the property that isn't yet open to the public
And... by WE, I mean myself and Jamie Simo.
On Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 2:37:22 PM UTC-7, Kat Bradley-Bennett wrote:
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> On our monthly bird survey of the Peschell open space east of Longmont and
> just inside Weld County (south of 119 on County Line Road), we managed to
> find 1 male
The hybrid goose that you showed a picture of reminds me of the hybrid geese we
have at my house outside of Littleton. They showed up three years ago and I
ended up deciding they were hybrids of emden and Canada geese.
The geese we have here have white on their heads and neck, orange feet,
We drove the RMA wildlife tour route this morning (and this afternoon). We
tallied 31 species, half of them waterfowl.
We debated the highlights -- these three candidates:
Prairie Merlin perched on a fence post so intent on his meal that he
allowed close (in the car) contact.
Half a
This year Boulder County Nature Association’s (BCNA) annual spring
ecosymposium focuses on citizen science. Birders are invited to join us on
Saturday, March 18, 2017.
*Finding the Science in Citizen Science: Front Range Environments*
This year's ecosystem symposium will address the potential
I have seen many birds of prey kill things larger than themselves.
Northern Pygmy-Owls, routinely kill birds and animals larger than
themselves. I have seen Great Horned Owls kill and carry off snowshoe hares
that are much heavier than the owl and Northern Goshawks have been known to
kill full
I guess word is out about our neighborhood. An adult Cooper's hawk had another
of the local collared-dove flock for breakfast in the yard yesterday.
Re: predators taking prey bigger than themselves: I saw photos of a young
goshawk that killed an adult Great Black-backed Gull in NJ this winter.
A friend of mine showed me a picture of young great horned owlets on a
nest, with Eurasian Collared Dove tail feathers scattered around the edge
of the nest. GHO must like them as well.
On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 6:53:47 PM UTC-7, Scott Somershoe wrote:
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> After a busy week, I came home
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