Birders, Jeannie Mitchell, her husband and I combed eastern El Paso County this morning for the Snowy Owl but did not find it. Other birders were looking for it and maybe they had better luck. We saw numerous Rough-legged Hawks, Northern Harriers, a few Red-tails, three Prairie Falcons, one imm. eagle, and one Ferruginous Hawk (Drennan Road).
Of interest to local birders, Jeannie spotted a longspur in a flock of Horned Larks at the S-W corner of Elbert Rd and Latigo Blvd; scope views revealed Lapland Longspurs. There were at least 4 birds in the flock of Horned Larks Later in the afternoon we decided to go check another part of the county; we saw a beautiful Short-eared Owl on Tamlin Rd, the part of the road that runs north-south, between the two sharp turns in the road. We first saw it on a fence post on the east side of the road; it flew to the west where we saw it again. Jeannie took pictures of the birds and has authorized me to forward them if anyone wants to see them. Cecile Lee Elbert, CO -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en
