January 26, 2012
Richard Stevens:
It was a fantastic day for birds and weather. Temperatures reached the high 50s and winds were calm.
Bryan Ehlmann and I drove around again searching for Snowy Owls. Today we focused mostly on the areas east and northeast of Denver International Airport. No Snowy Owls were found (we did not go over to Harvest Road, however did hear the darkish Snowy Owl was seen there).
None of our new "recruits" called to report a Snowy Owl. Over 200 observers were recruited this week (according to supervisors) from two trash disposal sites, two water treatment plants and baggage handlers at DIA. If any additional Snowy Owls are around, someone should see them.
Bryan "gave up" by noon and I timed my arrival at the Dinosaur Ridge for 2:30 pm. The Greater Roadrunner has been mostly reported between 2:45 pm and 4:45 pm.
I walked up the road and found the Greater Roadrunner walking along the closest ridge to the road. Originally, the roadrunner was 10 yards east of the three white culvert markers at 2:55 pm. It was directly above the markers from 3:10 pm to 3:20 pm (when I departed).
The Golden-crowned Sparrow was below the Red Rocks Park Trading Post feeders when I peeked around the building. It was a good day when both those birds can be observed without any waiting time!
My route back home was along Colfax Avenue. A quick detour to Denver City Park found the Long-tailed Duck still on Duck Lake. On a previous visit, I talked to the person who has a list of all birds in the Zoo. He assured that any ducks and geese on Duck Lake are wild birds and not part of their collection.
It was quite dark by the time I drove along the DIA Owl Loop. No Short-eared Owls appeared tonight.
Richard Stevens:
It was a fantastic day for birds and weather. Temperatures reached the high 50s and winds were calm.
Bryan Ehlmann and I drove around again searching for Snowy Owls. Today we focused mostly on the areas east and northeast of Denver International Airport. No Snowy Owls were found (we did not go over to Harvest Road, however did hear the darkish Snowy Owl was seen there).
None of our new "recruits" called to report a Snowy Owl. Over 200 observers were recruited this week (according to supervisors) from two trash disposal sites, two water treatment plants and baggage handlers at DIA. If any additional Snowy Owls are around, someone should see them.
Bryan "gave up" by noon and I timed my arrival at the Dinosaur Ridge for 2:30 pm. The Greater Roadrunner has been mostly reported between 2:45 pm and 4:45 pm.
I walked up the road and found the Greater Roadrunner walking along the closest ridge to the road. Originally, the roadrunner was 10 yards east of the three white culvert markers at 2:55 pm. It was directly above the markers from 3:10 pm to 3:20 pm (when I departed).
The Golden-crowned Sparrow was below the Red Rocks Park Trading Post feeders when I peeked around the building. It was a good day when both those birds can be observed without any waiting time!
My route back home was along Colfax Avenue. A quick detour to Denver City Park found the Long-tailed Duck still on Duck Lake. On a previous visit, I talked to the person who has a list of all birds in the Zoo. He assured that any ducks and geese on Duck Lake are wild birds and not part of their collection.
It was quite dark by the time I drove along the DIA Owl Loop. No Short-eared Owls appeared tonight.
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