Sunday, February 7, 2010

Sunday's Front Range Birding

February 7, 2010

Richard Stevens:

Today was quite different from yesterday with colder temperatures and snow off and on.

Before sunrise, Ray Berman and I found 2 Long-eared Owls on private property in Boulder County.

Ray and I saw 3 species of Rosy Finches this morning at Fawnbrook Inn at Allenspark (Boulder County). There were not many finches, but at least 1 of each.

More numerous were Pine Siskins, Dark-eyed Juncos, a few White-breasted & Red-breasted Nuthatches, Downy & Hairy Woodpeckers, and Steller's Jays.

Ray and I found the Red-shouldered Hawk in less than 10 minutes this morning at the Wildlife Area/open space north of the Kodak Watchable Wildlife Area (Weld County).

We ended our birding day with poor visibility at Valmont Reservoir (Boulder County). Identification of many gulls was missed. We did pick out a 1st cycle Great Black-backed Gull, an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and at least one 1st cycle Thayer's Gull. If the Iceland Gull is still around, we did not see it.

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