Today at Grandview Cemetery at the west terminus of Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins (Larimer) were 3 Broad-winged Hawks. The first was a dark morph flyover and the other two were light morph birds, at least one of which was an adult. They seem pretty much on schedule and always seem to prefer the large deciduous trees in the open grown part of the southeast corner of the cemetery (Section 8), especially the State Champion Thornless Honeylocust for those familiar with it.
In the neighborhood just east of the cemetery along Frey Avenue just south of Laporte Avenue I had a FOY for the cemetery area Broad-tailed Hummingbird female.
A huge, raucous flock of goldfinches and siskins is in flowering and seeding trees around the entrance (i.e. over the old Office).
The winds also supported the following flyovers: 90 or so Franklin's Gulls, 2 Turkey Vultures, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, the aforementioned Broad-winged Hawks, and at least 3 Red-tailed Hawks.
Since I get asked rather frequently, the "2016 Grandview Cemetery Love-'Em-To-Death Great Horned Owl Show" for this year has been cancelled due to nest failure during the snowstorm before last.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
In the neighborhood just east of the cemetery along Frey Avenue just south of Laporte Avenue I had a FOY for the cemetery area Broad-tailed Hummingbird female.
A huge, raucous flock of goldfinches and siskins is in flowering and seeding trees around the entrance (i.e. over the old Office).
The winds also supported the following flyovers: 90 or so Franklin's Gulls, 2 Turkey Vultures, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, the aforementioned Broad-winged Hawks, and at least 3 Red-tailed Hawks.
Since I get asked rather frequently, the "2016 Grandview Cemetery Love-'Em-To-Death Great Horned Owl Show" for this year has been cancelled due to nest failure during the snowstorm before last.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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