January 19, 2010
Richard Stevens:
Three of us went up to Pawnee National Grasslands to search for longspurs.
On the way, we stopped at 88th avenue and the South Platte River. We found a pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes on the Platte River below the green and white tower. The female Long-tailed Duck was still on East Gravel Lakes.
A pair of Lapland Longspurs was found in a flock of 250+ Horned Larks along Weld County Road 77 north of Crow Valley Campgrounds. The campgrounds themselves were almost void of birds. I think we had one Northern Flicker and one Blue Jay.
No owls were found at the campgrounds, Briggsdale Cemetery or the Washington Work Center.
Our raptor count was quite good as we found Rough-legged Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, a Ferruginous Hawk, 2 Prairie Falcons, American Kestrels and Northern Harriers.
Our birding day ended at Lower Latham Reservoir (Weld). Just after sunset a pair of Short-eared Owls flew over the cattails north of County Road 48 (south of Lower Latham Reservoir).
Richard Stevens:
Three of us went up to Pawnee National Grasslands to search for longspurs.
On the way, we stopped at 88th avenue and the South Platte River. We found a pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes on the Platte River below the green and white tower. The female Long-tailed Duck was still on East Gravel Lakes.
A pair of Lapland Longspurs was found in a flock of 250+ Horned Larks along Weld County Road 77 north of Crow Valley Campgrounds. The campgrounds themselves were almost void of birds. I think we had one Northern Flicker and one Blue Jay.
No owls were found at the campgrounds, Briggsdale Cemetery or the Washington Work Center.
Our raptor count was quite good as we found Rough-legged Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, a Ferruginous Hawk, 2 Prairie Falcons, American Kestrels and Northern Harriers.
Our birding day ended at Lower Latham Reservoir (Weld). Just after sunset a pair of Short-eared Owls flew over the cattails north of County Road 48 (south of Lower Latham Reservoir).
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