Southeast Colorado today

[Nathan Pieplow]

The second year Zone-tailed Hawk appeared at the usual spot near Higbee from about 8:30-8:45 this morning. Other people will have to say whether it was seen after that. It flew in low from the southwest, as though it had been roosting in the cottonwoods along the stream, and made a few passes along the ridgeline. This is 3.5 miles west of the highway, where a single power line crosses the road. Painted Bunting, Summer Tanager, Greater Roadrunner, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo were all seen from that spot this morning.

Afterwards I continued east. There was an Olive-sided Flycatcher and another roadrunner at Ft. Lyon St. Wildlife Easement. Three Neotropic Cormorants were at the pond in the southeast corner of NeeNoshe. A nearly adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was at Neeskah Reservoir, and a Tricolored Heron was at Thurston Reservoir.

It's so much fun down here, I decided to stay for a second night!

Nathan Pieplow

Boulder

[Pablo Quezada]

Is anyone going down there in the next few days? If anyone in the Denver area is interested, could you email me at quezada...@gmail.com?
Good birding,
Pablo Quezada
Denver