Cherry Creek State Park this morning:
- 30 sandhill cranes in the very SE corner of the lake
- fly over of 400+ more cranes about 8am
Then there was the mixed bag of birds after that:
- Peregrine Falcon herding an inflight flock of starlings before plucking
one from the flock
- this was interesting in the fact it was a slow and deliberate
stalking of the starlings.
- got them into a tight bunch and would make slow lunges at the flock
until it finally pulled one from the group
- The starlings then followed the falcon to the ground
- Osprey at lake Loop
- Short-eared owls-two at lake loop?????
- feel pretty confident in the ID after consulting the books.
- flew as we got out of the car
- both myself and Bob (forgot his last name) noted the smaller size
and very short tail
- definetely was not thinking short-eared owl that late in the morning
I am hoping others will help me confirm the owl siting.
pretty quiet on the water this morning...did not note anything other than
all the regulars.
Matt Newport
aurora
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