All,
Tonight just before halftime I was enjoying a cold Banquet in the parking lot overlooking the SW side of the Broncos fracas.
The wind was blowing stiff from the south, and I observed three solitary large-bodied birds hauling south head-long into the wind.
Each bird was 2-3min apart, and I'm guessing there were more to the east and west of where I was.
The birds were lit up by the stadium, and judging by the size of a flock of honkers I saw near the first one, looked almost snipe-like.
What might these have been? Again, they looked snipe-like, but seeing how powerful their flight was into the strong south wind was interesting...
Several chipping sparrows flew nearby too (heard, and only 1 seen).
-Matt Baker
Denver, CO
-- Tonight just before halftime I was enjoying a cold Banquet in the parking lot overlooking the SW side of the Broncos fracas.
The wind was blowing stiff from the south, and I observed three solitary large-bodied birds hauling south head-long into the wind.
Each bird was 2-3min apart, and I'm guessing there were more to the east and west of where I was.
The birds were lit up by the stadium, and judging by the size of a flock of honkers I saw near the first one, looked almost snipe-like.
What might these have been? Again, they looked snipe-like, but seeing how powerful their flight was into the strong south wind was interesting...
Several chipping sparrows flew nearby too (heard, and only 1 seen).
-Matt Baker
Denver, CO
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