February 26, 2017
Richard Stevens:
Terry Michaels and I drove the DIA Owl Loop (Adams/Denver Counties) just before sunrise this morning. A Short-eared Owl flew along West Cargo Road near the culvert 0.2 miles north of Third Creek.
A Lapland Longspur was with 80+ Horned Larks along Gun Club Road (Denver).
We found a dead Barn Owl at the Cargo Road/96th avenue curve. This must be a deadly curve for birds. In the last six years, the road kill count is two Barn Owls, a Short-eared Owl and two Burrowing Owls.
Later we relocated Long-eared Owls and a Barn Owl at nearby Barr Lake (Adams).
In the afternoon, I went out to photograph the DIA Owl Loop for a future "Colorado Field Notes" article. Raptors were out in force. The count included 15 Northern Harriers, 2 Ferruginous Hawks, 5 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Rough-legged Hawk, 2 Prairie Falcons, and 2 American Kestrels.
Temperatures only reached the low 40s today; winds were 5-6 mph with gusts to 10 mph.
I then spent two hours at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe) searching for the Western Kingbird to add to my February lists. It was not found. I did add my first Cherry Creek Reservoir Bushtits with four up the Butterfly Hill trail.
An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull stood on the poles floating around the southwest marina. A Harlan's Hawk was perched in a cottonwood near the Lake View/Cherry Creek cattails. Nothing else uncommon was found.
Richard Stevens:
Terry Michaels and I drove the DIA Owl Loop (Adams/Denver Counties) just before sunrise this morning. A Short-eared Owl flew along West Cargo Road near the culvert 0.2 miles north of Third Creek.
A Lapland Longspur was with 80+ Horned Larks along Gun Club Road (Denver).
We found a dead Barn Owl at the Cargo Road/96th avenue curve. This must be a deadly curve for birds. In the last six years, the road kill count is two Barn Owls, a Short-eared Owl and two Burrowing Owls.
Later we relocated Long-eared Owls and a Barn Owl at nearby Barr Lake (Adams).
In the afternoon, I went out to photograph the DIA Owl Loop for a future "Colorado Field Notes" article. Raptors were out in force. The count included 15 Northern Harriers, 2 Ferruginous Hawks, 5 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Rough-legged Hawk, 2 Prairie Falcons, and 2 American Kestrels.
Temperatures only reached the low 40s today; winds were 5-6 mph with gusts to 10 mph.
I then spent two hours at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe) searching for the Western Kingbird to add to my February lists. It was not found. I did add my first Cherry Creek Reservoir Bushtits with four up the Butterfly Hill trail.
An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull stood on the poles floating around the southwest marina. A Harlan's Hawk was perched in a cottonwood near the Lake View/Cherry Creek cattails. Nothing else uncommon was found.
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