Re: [cobirds] Roadrunner sighting on Jan. 31st

[Mary Keithler]

Hi Joe and cobirders,

Sorry for the lack of details in the earlier post.  Your interpretation was correct.  The roadrunner was above the road about halfway up the hill to the top of the ridge on the rocky side, not the grassy slope below the road.  We saw the bird for about 15 minutes before we lost it higher up on the ridge.  The bird was working its way down the rocky area from the hairpin turn to the small parking lot on the west side of Alameda.  There were 6 of us who got to see the bird during this appearance. Tuesday Birders had gone to Dinosaur Ridge to see the Roadrunner, but most of the group had left before the bird appeared.  The bird was mostly foraging and did a little sunning.   We lost sight of the bird before it got to the second set of displays starting from the small parking lot. We saw the bird from approximately 2:20 till 2:35 pm.

Mary Keithler, Unincorporated Arapahoe County

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Joe Roller <jrol...@gmail.com> wrote:

Great! Was in higher in elevation than Alameda or feeding in the grass

down below the road? What time? How long was it in view? Was it foraging?

When you say half way down the hill, I take that to mean half way between

the parking lot and the hairpin turn, or am I wrong?

THANKS< joe

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Mary Keithler <mkei...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

Roadrunner seen on west side of Dinosaur Ridge half way down hill.

Mary Keithler, Unincorp Arapahoe County

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