February 14, 2011 Yesterday afternoon, a friend and I spent about an hour at Big Johnson Reservoir trying out my new scope. (Yeah!) The reservoir was almost all ice, except what looked like a few open patches of water at the far, far shoreline. There were some Canada Geese way out there along with some ducks - I did manage to ID the mallards but the rest - who knows? The heat waves coming up of the ice made seeing details difficult. The first thing we saw were two adult Bald Eagles sitting on the ice. After sometime, they flew up into the trees and perched there. We also saw a Northern Harrier, some gulls (not further identified) and a possible Golden Eagle or an immature Bald Eagle flying to the east. This bird was pretty far away but from the way it flew and the general size, I can only surmise it was an eagle. It was large and dark - no white head or tail.
Other wildlife seen - the ubiquitious prairie dog, one coyote and two pronghorns. I can't wait for some of the ice to melt so I can go out there again and play with my new toy some more! Christine A. Bucher Perched on the edge of eastern edge of Palmer Park, Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
