October 13, 2014
Richard Stevens:
I returned to Barr Lake (Adams County) under sunny skies this trip. My target, the Nashville Warbler banded yesterday (which was never found). In fact few birds were around in still winds and temperatures in the high 50s.
Total land bird count in 3 hours: a pair of Downy Woodpeckers, one female Hairy Woodpecker, five Northern Flickers, and an assortment of Black-billed Magpies.
The highlight was a peek at the two young Barn Owls in the owl box near the banding station. One of the adults was in the cottonwoods north of there.
I scoped the many pelicans, gulls, cormorants, etc on the mudflats. Most were quite far away. I could pick out two Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Up to four have been reported and most likely were still out there.
A check along the DIA Owl Loop did not find any Burrowing Owls. Two Ferruginous Hawks stood among the prairie dog mounds at 3.4 miles east of Tower Road & 96th avenue. No Short-eared Owls appeared this evening.
Richard Stevens:
I returned to Barr Lake (Adams County) under sunny skies this trip. My target, the Nashville Warbler banded yesterday (which was never found). In fact few birds were around in still winds and temperatures in the high 50s.
Total land bird count in 3 hours: a pair of Downy Woodpeckers, one female Hairy Woodpecker, five Northern Flickers, and an assortment of Black-billed Magpies.
The highlight was a peek at the two young Barn Owls in the owl box near the banding station. One of the adults was in the cottonwoods north of there.
I scoped the many pelicans, gulls, cormorants, etc on the mudflats. Most were quite far away. I could pick out two Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Up to four have been reported and most likely were still out there.
A check along the DIA Owl Loop did not find any Burrowing Owls. Two Ferruginous Hawks stood among the prairie dog mounds at 3.4 miles east of Tower Road & 96th avenue. No Short-eared Owls appeared this evening.
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