Birding by Bike - Fort Collins, Cottonwood, Kingfisher, Running Deer Natural Areas

[Nancy Rynes]

On the way to drop off some artwork for a show in Ft Collins, I stopped by some of the natural areas along Prospect and birded by bike. Nothing terribly spectacular, but still fun and some good photography:

American White Pelicans on Big Pond (3)

Canada Geese, several females on nests

Mallards

Western Grebes

Pied Billed Grebes

Northern Harriers (pair, male and female)

Osprey (at least 2)

RT Hawk

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Flickers (many)

Common Grackle

Black Crowned Night Heron

Great Blue Heron (several)

Ferruginous Hawk being harassed by a Common Raven

Kestrels 

Prairie Falcon

Robins 

Blue Jay (scolding me quite profusely)

Red Winged Blackbirds

Common Mergansers

Mourning Doves

Crows

A possible Swainson's Hawk, although my glance at it was fleeting...

Nancy Rynes

Lafayette, CO

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