It was a perfectly lousy day at my house when I woke up. Overcast, snowing, and dark. Of course I decided to go out with my camera anyway. I didn't see one single Northern Harrier. I don't know what the world is coming to. Consolation prizes included:
Bald Eagles 5 (adult and sub adult) Ferruginous Hawk 4 (light and dark morph) Rough-legged Hawk 10 ish Red-tailed Hawk 6 Prairie Falcon 2 Merlin 1 American Kestrel 5 Additionally, there were a few Horned Larks and Lapland Longspurs flying around Haynesmount Rd south of 120th Ave. With the influx of Rough-legged Hawks this year, and their prolific and dominating hunting abilities, I'm wondering if they may have moved the harriers off their territory a bit. Many photos taken, at least two respectable ones: Prairie Falcon http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/11953119674/in/photostream/ Merlin (maybe a quarter mile from my house) http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/11952966283/in/photostream/ John Breitsch Denver, Colorado http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/ -- 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/691a28e1-8621-4bb6-a029-df31bce3c883%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
