[cobirds] Re: Rocky Mt Arsenal Spring Count May 15.

And as a some of my gang pointed out---- The badger chasing a prairie dog around like the Tasmanian Devil of the cartoons was a definite non-avian highlight.

On Monday, May 16, 2022 at 8:07:38 AM UTC-6 charles...@gmail.com wrote:

A great day with intermittent gusty winds and a delightful crew of counters pulled in 92 species in spite of extreme drought conditions at the Arsenal.   Few waterbirds to be found with most lakes dry or near dry already.   Highlights too numerous to count , including many Swainson's Hawks giving great aerial shows and courting behavior, one of the nesting Bald Eagles trying to shop at the Osprey fish market,  very many Lark Buntings scattered all over the SG Prairie area on territories singing and parachuting all day long, and practically every cottonwood sported a Bullocks male, pair of Lark Sparrows, Western and Eastern Kingbirds or a House Wren. The mixed sparrow flocks in the Saltbush area made for a great study at the end of the day.  And of course no Arsenal visit is complete without a Great Horned Owl, in this case two family groups each with 2 fledglings.  Great day indeed!

Charlie 

Denver

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