October 25, 2009
Bryan Ehlmann:
We visited Lamar Community College woods (Prowers) at first light and found both the male Kentucky Warbler and the Carolina Wren reported yesterday! An hour was spent searching for the Red-shouldered Hawk that had been reported previously for several days; without success.
While driving around Lamar in the search for the Red-shouldered Hawk we stopped at the Mike Higbee Wildlife Area. We walked south along Clay Creek without seeing any hawks but did find a Harris's Sparrow in the willows along the creek.
Returning to the parking lot a large flock of sparrows was seen along the dry canal. A White-throated Sparrow was among several dozen White-crowned Sparrows, two Song Sparrows and a lone Lincoln's Sparrow. We walked across highway 50 to get a better look at a lone Hawk, which turned out to be a Red-tailed Hawk and noticed a male Rusty Blackbird walking along the shore below the road.
Another Harris's Sparrow was found in the sparse woods north of the parking lot for Upper Queens Reservoir. The stop was mainly to get a GPS waypoint.
We headed to Bonny Reservoir to do some owling and stopped at the Burlington Cemetery (Kit Carson) on the trip up. While trying to find a Great Horned Owl that called several times, I found a Pine Warbler that had popped out of the evergreens, maybe trying to see the cause of my lousy imitation of a Great Horned Owl?
After sunset, we searched the Hale (Yuma) windbreak for Long-eared Owls; without success. An Eastern Screech-Owl called from north of the most western Hale Pond and we headed back to Denver.
Bryan Ehlmann:
We visited Lamar Community College woods (Prowers) at first light and found both the male Kentucky Warbler and the Carolina Wren reported yesterday! An hour was spent searching for the Red-shouldered Hawk that had been reported previously for several days; without success.
While driving around Lamar in the search for the Red-shouldered Hawk we stopped at the Mike Higbee Wildlife Area. We walked south along Clay Creek without seeing any hawks but did find a Harris's Sparrow in the willows along the creek.
Returning to the parking lot a large flock of sparrows was seen along the dry canal. A White-throated Sparrow was among several dozen White-crowned Sparrows, two Song Sparrows and a lone Lincoln's Sparrow. We walked across highway 50 to get a better look at a lone Hawk, which turned out to be a Red-tailed Hawk and noticed a male Rusty Blackbird walking along the shore below the road.
Another Harris's Sparrow was found in the sparse woods north of the parking lot for Upper Queens Reservoir. The stop was mainly to get a GPS waypoint.
We headed to Bonny Reservoir to do some owling and stopped at the Burlington Cemetery (Kit Carson) on the trip up. While trying to find a Great Horned Owl that called several times, I found a Pine Warbler that had popped out of the evergreens, maybe trying to see the cause of my lousy imitation of a Great Horned Owl?
After sunset, we searched the Hale (Yuma) windbreak for Long-eared Owls; without success. An Eastern Screech-Owl called from north of the most western Hale Pond and we headed back to Denver.
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