January 1, 2010
Richard Stevens:
Four of us started 2010 earlier by cross country skiing in the Colorado State Forest. Our first bird of the year...........Boreal Owl! My second best "first of the year bird" ever.
On the way back to Denver, we missed Northern Pygmy-Owls up Rist Canyon (Larimer County), but added two Long-eared Owls to our 2010 list at a private ranch in Boulder County.
Later in the day I went searching for the Lewis's Woodpeckers of Louviers (Douglas County); without success. I continued to Sedalia and found one of the American Three-toed Woodpeckers West of Sedalia, 0.2 miles east of Rampart Range Road.
Few birds moved about Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe). The lone American White Pelican was still there. A second Pelican had been there for a day or two, but has now vanished?
The mystery of the 2nd Pelican may have been solved. The first Pelican which has been around for weeks was being eaten by a Bald Eagle on January 3rd. Perhaps the other Pelican suffered the same fate?
A few Great-tailed Grackles continue to hang around the south end of the Tree Nursery at 152nd Avenue and Picadilly Road (just north of Barr Lake, Adams County).
Richard Stevens:
Four of us started 2010 earlier by cross country skiing in the Colorado State Forest. Our first bird of the year...........Boreal Owl! My second best "first of the year bird" ever.
On the way back to Denver, we missed Northern Pygmy-Owls up Rist Canyon (Larimer County), but added two Long-eared Owls to our 2010 list at a private ranch in Boulder County.
Later in the day I went searching for the Lewis's Woodpeckers of Louviers (Douglas County); without success. I continued to Sedalia and found one of the American Three-toed Woodpeckers West of Sedalia, 0.2 miles east of Rampart Range Road.
Few birds moved about Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe). The lone American White Pelican was still there. A second Pelican had been there for a day or two, but has now vanished?
The mystery of the 2nd Pelican may have been solved. The first Pelican which has been around for weeks was being eaten by a Bald Eagle on January 3rd. Perhaps the other Pelican suffered the same fate?
A few Great-tailed Grackles continue to hang around the south end of the Tree Nursery at 152nd Avenue and Picadilly Road (just north of Barr Lake, Adams County).
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