Category Archives: Birds

Fight!

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Roger

A friend and I stopped at Clear Springs Ranch to look (in vain) for the screech-owl. We weren’t seeing much of anything until we got back to the parking lot. A male Northern Harrier was standing in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Working for Birds

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Roger

I took another day off work to bird. But where? I’d seen the majority of the common birds that can be easily found this time of year. A day at Black Forest or along the creek would have yielded a … Continue reading →

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Lake Pueblo State Park

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Roger

I took today and tomorrow off work to get my 2020 year list off to a fast start. I spent almost all the daylight hours at Lake Pueblo, first by the south marina where the gulls hang out and then … Continue reading →

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My Accidental Hike

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Roger

A Pacific Loon was sighted at Chatfield State Park. I drove up on Saturday morning to look for it. I had just gotten to the shore of the lake when I spotted another birder looking at some scaup that were … Continue reading →

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Bird #550 — Eastern Screech-Owl

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Roger

megascops (from megas, great, and scops, owl) asio (eared owl) Saturday, November 2, 2019 — 2:16 pm Littleton, Colorado — Ketring Park Chalk this one up to eBird and a friendly birder — and some stubborn persistence on my part. … Continue reading →

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