January 6, 2008
Rebecca Kosten and I looked for a drive on this sunny, "relatively warm" winter day and headed up to Louisville in the afternoon. We drove around the "Harper Lake" area where numerous Bohemian Waxwing reports have come in the past week.
After driving most of the side roads off W. Cherry Street and Dahlia (Polk) we finally ran into a flock of 12 Bohemian Waxwings in a tree along Buchanan Circle. Searching for a few more we eventually tried the streets north of S. Boulder Road; without finding additional birds.
With still an hour of daylight left we decided to drive up to Wellington Wildlife Area and search for owls. We found Great Horned Owls in the cottonwoods south of the Wildlife section along Larimer County Road 64 and another in the cottonwoods at the northeast corner of CR 64 & CR 3.
Several Northern Harriers flew low over the wildlife area. Then about 15 minutes after sunset, we found a Short-eared Owl flying back and forth east in the field northeast of the above intersection.
I did not get any response to a Northern Saw-whet Owl tape played while standing in the road between the west and east sections of the wildlife area.
We also searched the Cobb & Schware Units of the Wildlife Area. No additional Short-eared Owls; we did add another Great Horned Owl at the Schware Unit (off CR 60).
Rebecca Kosten and I looked for a drive on this sunny, "relatively warm" winter day and headed up to Louisville in the afternoon. We drove around the "Harper Lake" area where numerous Bohemian Waxwing reports have come in the past week.
After driving most of the side roads off W. Cherry Street and Dahlia (Polk) we finally ran into a flock of 12 Bohemian Waxwings in a tree along Buchanan Circle. Searching for a few more we eventually tried the streets north of S. Boulder Road; without finding additional birds.
With still an hour of daylight left we decided to drive up to Wellington Wildlife Area and search for owls. We found Great Horned Owls in the cottonwoods south of the Wildlife section along Larimer County Road 64 and another in the cottonwoods at the northeast corner of CR 64 & CR 3.
Several Northern Harriers flew low over the wildlife area. Then about 15 minutes after sunset, we found a Short-eared Owl flying back and forth east in the field northeast of the above intersection.
I did not get any response to a Northern Saw-whet Owl tape played while standing in the road between the west and east sections of the wildlife area.
We also searched the Cobb & Schware Units of the Wildlife Area. No additional Short-eared Owls; we did add another Great Horned Owl at the Schware Unit (off CR 60).
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