Well the snow and cold seem to have slowed down the birds a bit. Very few cranes around the Valley and only saw 2 this morning on the 1S road east of the 3E.
Home Lake is nearly all frozen, except for a small pool where Canada Geese, American Wigeon and other ducks are keeping it open. A Kingfisher was perched along the canal and a Great Blue Heron (yesterday). It was 5 below zero this morning! At the 8S observation turnout at the Monte Vista Refuge, was an immature Harris's Sparrow (Rio Grande County). We only have a handful of records for the San Luis Valley. Check it out and look for it in the brushy areas. Sometimes it seems that when I leave my camera at home, I am sure to see something cool. Well it happened last Friday near Fort Garland when a Northern Pygmy-owl flew into a nearby tree. All I could do was look and appreciate it and remind myself to take the camera as if it were like dressing up. Unfortunately, the owl was on a private ranch. It also was a day to start thinking about Christmas Bird Counts. They are not too far ahead. Enjoy the birds! 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/27ed18a0-9412-4154-85dc-9ef5b400493e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
