[cobirds] Cranes are Rocking and Rolling Overhead

Mid day seems to be the time that many migrating birds arrive in Monte Vista from Bosque. I figure if they lift off around 8:00 ish and have decent tail wind, they will arrive at Monte Vista a few hours later. So today, mid day, the skies are alive with croaks and whistles as birds in the stra

[cobirds] Red-necked Grebe Ridgway Reservoir

A Red-necked Grebe has been hanging out with two Western Grebes at the Ridgway Reservoir for the past two days. It may be a first county record for this species. Here is may eBird list with a couple of photos: eBird Checklist - 16 Feb 2024 - Ridgway State Park

[cobirds] Dark intermediate morph Ferruginous Hawk on Wildlife Drive at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR

We took our 8 year old grandson Oliver --who loves raptors and is excellent at finding them -- on a raptor trip and saw a beautiful adult dark intermediate morph Ferruginous Hawk at the end of the Wildlife Drive at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR. Being dark morph, it was difficult to identify -- the ot