Quite the raptor show going on right now in our yard--Sharp-shinned Hawk swooped through our backyard and grabbed a House Sparrow; Red- tailed Hawk gave chase to a ground squirrel (who barely made it to its hole; at least four different Northern Harriers have buzzed through our front and back yard in search of dinner--two of them making passes no more than 20 feet outside my office window (and 20 feet above ground level); and two male American Kestrels are competing for the "heart" of a female kestrel above our nestbox trying to "prove" themselves by chasing the passing harriers-twice harriers have landed in the prairie dog colony across from us and directly below the nestbox which didn't make any of the three kestrels too happy-- relentlessly dive-bombing them until they left the area.
We've now seen two Coyotes the last two mornings (8-9am-ish) in our field--this morning they were about 20 feet behind out back fence-- nice lookin' coyotes. We've also seen the return of what we call our "Funny Farm" (movie) ducks-a mallard pair for whatever reason seems to appear each spring (last two years)--nearest water is Crom Lake about seven miles south. Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/ -- Home of "NunnCAM" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php 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.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
