Re: [cobirds] Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk at RM Arsenal

Apologies in advance if I'm wrong on this (I haven't seen a Rough-legged in years), but perhaps this iNaturalist report show a dark morph Rough-legged @ RM Arsenal? The same bird appears on at least one eBird checklist

Re: [cobirds] Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk at RM Arsenal

Hi Ron, Krista and all. I was studying the photographs and comparing it with images in Raptors of Western North America and Birds of Prey of the East by Brian K Wheeler and deciding exactly what to write, when I saw a reply from Krista, whom I agree with. My wife had shown me the images this

[cobirds] Glove Found at Cherry Creek State Park

Last week, I found what I consider to be a high-quality black glove at CCSP near the meadow east of Railroad Bed Trail. If you have one cold hand, please contact me. Doug Schoch Centennial, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [cobirds] Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk at RM Arsenal

Ron: This is a beautiful raptor and your photos are great. However, this is a red tailed hawk. There are patagial bars that are clear and visible (a dead give away for a red tail), as are the gray lores and faint belly band. Also, it lacks booted tarsi (seen, or rather- not seen- in the second pho

[cobirds] Re: Where *aren't* the Bohemians? - Arapahoe

At the risk of oversharing: During a walk, my dogs and I met a flock of Bohemian Waxwings sunning themselves and calling in a neighborhood tree in Centennial, just north of University and Arapahoe. (So this is my third encounter with apparent Bohemian Waxwing flocks today while not birding.) Th

[cobirds] Where *aren't* the Bohemians? - Arapahoe

Yesterday, Geoff Stacks and I had flyover after flyover (frustratingly so) of waxwing flocks, often Bohemians, around Centennial. We finally stumbled into a flock feeding on junipers, drinking melting snow on a roof, and sunning on a leafless tree in a residential neighborhood near the Big Dry

[cobirds] Juncos and thistle feeders - Jefferson

Good morning, Yesterday while I was observing the thistle feeder that hangs outside my living room window, I saw a slate-colored junco eating from the tube. Normally dominated by the local house finches, I've seen a junco or two on the tube during our worse storms this year, but this was the fi

[cobirds] Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk at RM Arsenal

There has been a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk (RLHA) hanging out at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. I saw the bird on Sunday, Jan. 22, and on each of the previous two weekends. A FWS ranger said she has been seeing this bird regularly for the last few weeks. All of the sightings