Southeastern Colorado 5/2-3

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Highlights included:

HWY 287 South to Road M into the grasslands- Raccoon on the very top of a power pole; thousands of Lark Buntings; hundreds of Mourning Doves.

Picture Canyon- Burrowing Owls on the entrance road; two Greater Roadrunners on the cliff above the parking lot; Rufous-crowned Sparrow on the trail to "The Horse"; American Kestrel hovering in the wind.

Carrizo Canyon- Belted Kingfisher; Rock Wren

Cottonwood Canyon- Hundreds of swallows at small bridge over Cottonwood Creek.