Had a good morning of birding at the Grand Junction Wildlife Area (GJWA), which is near the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers in Grand Junction.
-- Lots of sparrows including an adult White-striped White-throated Sparrow, 6 Lincoln's Sparrows, about 20 Chipping Sparrows(down in numbers from several days ago), plus numerous Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos (mostly Pink-sided & Oregon). Spotted Towhees (8) made the 7th sparrow species.
Also had a Merlin hunting from a perch and on the wing. Observed a young Cooper's Hawk carrying a junco in his talons.
Also observed an unusual Red-tailed Hawk which I think is a dark morph Western Red-tailed. Saw the bird circling and the body was uniform black with a light rufous red tail.
Looked like a Harlan's Hawk with a red tail, so I'm not positive of the ID.
Mike Henwood
Grand Junction
Mesa County
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