I like to seek birds at Massey Draw beside my home as often as I can each week (sorry, no public access). There is - nearly without fail - something interesting to be found, some days better than others, of course. Today was very quiet. But a prize was a *Loggerhead Shrike*, the first for my immediate home area. It was perched atop a cottonwood snag and then it flew off to the south -- perhaps migration in action. The species is a rare fall migrant at Ken Caryl Valley. I had four sightings in the valley in the past three years, all from Aug 12 - Sept 9, so today's shrike fits that pattern.
An *Eastern Phoebe* was along Valley Road near Ken Caryl Ave. This species is also rare at Ken Caryl Valley. I stopped at a string of spots around the hogbacks this evening and there was a decent showing by *Great Horned Owl *(12), *Common Poorwill* (3), and *Common Nighthawk* (4). David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, CO <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RoqtwOqp0A-U2tBmO8DKe%3DrddiLRQh_9uL%2B0TEEgyg7zTg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
