February 1, 2008
I returned to my friend's ranch in Logan County. One juvenile Harris's Sparrow and a White-throated Sparrow are still coming to his feeders.
We headed over to Logan County Roads 89 & 46 at first light. A Greater Prairie-Chicken was in the field northwest of the intersection. Nineteen Ring-necked Pheasant were also here. This location is best after a dusting of snow. The snow seems to bring out the chicken-like birds.
Further west, we found a Ferruginous Hawk and 5 Rough-legged Hawks.
At Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area, we managed to get two Eastern Screech-Owls to answer our recordings. The Northern Cardinal was not found today. Not many birds were moving about. One male Red-bellied Woodpecker was seen from the South Platte River Bridge at CR 55.
We also checked again the private ranch location where we had found an American Woodcock on 12/23; without success again.
At dusk, we stood waiting for owls to come out at the southeast corner of Jumbo Reservoir. One Short-eared Owl did not disappoint us. It flew back and forth across the field southwest of CR 3 & CR 24.8.
I returned to my friend's ranch in Logan County. One juvenile Harris's Sparrow and a White-throated Sparrow are still coming to his feeders.
We headed over to Logan County Roads 89 & 46 at first light. A Greater Prairie-Chicken was in the field northwest of the intersection. Nineteen Ring-necked Pheasant were also here. This location is best after a dusting of snow. The snow seems to bring out the chicken-like birds.
Further west, we found a Ferruginous Hawk and 5 Rough-legged Hawks.
At Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area, we managed to get two Eastern Screech-Owls to answer our recordings. The Northern Cardinal was not found today. Not many birds were moving about. One male Red-bellied Woodpecker was seen from the South Platte River Bridge at CR 55.
We also checked again the private ranch location where we had found an American Woodcock on 12/23; without success again.
At dusk, we stood waiting for owls to come out at the southeast corner of Jumbo Reservoir. One Short-eared Owl did not disappoint us. It flew back and forth across the field southwest of CR 3 & CR 24.8.
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