The Birds of Prey Foundation is asking for your assistance this year in
locating staging areas and kettles of Swainsons Hawks. In the first few
weeks of September we release all of the hawks we have that are fit to
migrate. Most of these are young and inexperienced birds and we like to
Visited just the SE/E side of Timnath today. Not a ton of shorebirds yet, but
nice variety. I wasn't counting for the most part, but here's the list.
Western Sandpipers
Least Sandpipers
Pectoral Sandpipers
Lesser Yellowlegs (far outnumbered Greater)
Greater Yellowlegs
Dunlin--3
Solitary
Sandy Arnesen and I went back to the west end of John Martin to see if
we could see the REDDISH EGRET in better light this morning. But we
failed to find it before we left. Perhaps it is feeding elsewhere in the
mornings
and returning to the west end in the afternoon. The mix of birds changed
I too visited Timnath Reservoir early this afternoon (1-3 pm). Water level
continues to drop, making all the water birds quite distant, and difficult to
identify even through a scope. Like Cara, I had 10 species of shorebirds plus a
hunting Peregrine Falcon and a migrant Sage Thrasher on the
Hi all,
A few minutes ago I had to make a stop at work for a few minutes. I passed a
dead Wyoming Ground Squirrel on the road. I was going to pick it up a few
minutes later on my way home to place it in my yard to feed the magpies and
crows. As I passed the spot where the ground squirrel was
Hi all!
Since Cara and Nick are posting about Timnath, I may as well do the
same. I stopped at the reservoir at 630am. Since I still go birding
sans scope (I've almost saved enough!), my sightings were good but
limited. When I arrived on the east end there were 13 Snowy Egrets, a
Solitary
