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Bird# 453 — Black Rail

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Roger

laterallus (from latus, side, flank, and rallus, rail) jamaicensis (Jamaica) Tuesday, May 8, 2012 — 9:00 pm County Roads 16 and HH — Fort Lyon, Colorado When I began birding 33 years ago, one of the requirements for adding a … Continue reading →

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Bird #452 — Lark Bunting

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Roger

calamospiza (from kalame, a stalk of grain, and spiza, finch) melanocorys (from melanos, black, and korus, lark, because it sings in flight) Tuesday, May 8, 2012 — 4:55 pm County Road 10 north of Las Animas, Colorado Lark Buntings are … Continue reading →

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County Road 10

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Roger

I had four hours from the time I left Bent’s Fort until it got dark. I decided my best chance to see new birds was to find a road that headed off into the short-grass prairie of eastern Colorado and … Continue reading →

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Animal #56 — Desert Cottontail

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Roger

sylvilagus audubonii Tuesday, May 8, 2012 — 2:42 pm Bent’s Fort National Historic Site, Colorado As I toured the fort, I wandered out into this courtyard. Behind the wagon in the shed on the left there is a wood pile. … Continue reading →

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Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, Colorado

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Roger

The fort is about a quarter mile from the parking lot. I saw two signs as soon as I got out of my car. The first said that the gate closes at 4:00 and any cars in the lot at … Continue reading →

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