I finally edited a series of photos of a Peregrine Falcon I found perched
on top of a utility pole just east of Canon City eating it's large avian
prey. I have a good photo of it with a good sized bird foot in it's beak
that I think may be another raptor as it has very long nails, possibly a
Coope
Greetings All,
Sigma finally seems to have fixed my 50-500mm lens, though it is acting a bit
wonky, even after 6 attempts by them. I've been without it since September, and
its absence hurt my ability to photograph some of the better birds this winter,
alas.
However, photos of the adult West
Dinosaur Ridge
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 03, 2012
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total
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Black Vulture0 0
Mid-day, Mountain Bluebirds thronged the south side of Chatfield, particularly
along the edge of the reservoir where they seemed to find food (and seemed to
treat the reservoir like a large ocean they did not want to cross). A similarly
sized throng of robins mixed with them. A couple of Say's
Hi All,
I threw out some seed at the Red Rocks feeders this morning - an adult
White-crowned Sparrow landed on the platform feeder about 7:35 A.M.
followed shortly thereafter on the same platform feeder by the Golden-
crowned Sparrow at 7:38 P.M.
Seeing numerous flocks of Western and Mount
COBirders,
The Education Director at Chico Basin Ranch, Katie Miller, is looking for a
volunteer to lead a morning bird walk for mostly beginning birders during
Chico Days on May 12 (I will be in Ohio). The Chico fee will be waived and
lunch will be provided (I think) for the leader. If you a
I have often wondered and asked some of the knowledgeable people on this
group about the effect of noise on bird song communication.
Today I ran across this interesting Science Daily article. The original
citation should have more information.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120402162
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: April 3, 2012
e-mail: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
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