Raptor Alley Trip Results With CSU Ornithology Club [Weld]

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

Another fantastic Saturday Raptor Alley trip with the many birders of the CSU Ornithology Club!  Fantastic weather and birds. Photos (~first 40):

• http://coloradobirder.club/m/photos/browse/album/Raptor-Alley-Nunn-Pierce-Weld-02-27-2017/

Total raptors: 43

Accipiter - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 6
Merlin - 1
Northern Harrier - 2
Golden Eagle - 1
Ferruginous Hawk - 11 (1 dark morph)
Prairie Falcon - 1
Bald Eagle - 6
Rough-legged Hawk - 8 (1 dark morph)
American Kestrel - 4
UNK ID - 2

Others:

Lapland Longspur - ~9
Northern Shrike - 1
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Common Raven - 3
American Goldfinch - 22
Pronghorn - ~50

Next Raptor Alley trip probably in two weeks--stay tuned.

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.club/