My guess, that is a juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger. They can be found eating grasshoppers in open fields, no where near water.
On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 3:56 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > I led a San Luis valley birding trip on Friday, Sept 7, and 11 of us had a > great day afield. We stayed on the west side of the Valley as this seems to > be where most of the birds are congregating during this outstanding fall > migration. We tallied 94 species and the best birds were 7 species of > warblers including Townsend's and Northern Waterthrush, Osprey, Lincoln's > Sparrow, Stilt Sandpiper, and Burrowing Owl. > > As we finished up Cat Creek and were driving back to our vehicles, we > found an apparent road killed bird on the side of the road and stopped to > examine it. After considerable head scratching and wonderment, we > determined it to be a seabird! And more specifically a Jaeger of some > variety. > > As long as I have been keeping records in the San Luis Valley, I have no > records for Jaegers here. However, I have long suspected they pass through > our area and that sooner or later one might be found. So I would invite you > to look at the images (roadkilled) of the bird, and let me know what > species you think it is. It had a noticeable broken wing on one side and > was found on the side of the road. We estimated its length at 15-16 inches. > It was still rather ripe and was killed in the last few days by our > estimate. > > I have posted a number of pictures of the bird on my website for your > perusal. Look in the folder "Jaeger Plus Warblers" and let me know what you > think. We were all very excited by this strange and bewildering ending to > our adventure. > > https://johnrawinski.zenfolio.com/ > > John Rawinski > Monte Vista, CO > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/01384e63-058b-4f59-9cc4-5c8c4c1f8996%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/01384e63-058b-4f59-9cc4-5c8c4c1f8996%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuXhPLiU5i0nF0DTt-u6MH_%3DQfiT7i%2BbgayuV968bK%3D5ng%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
