[obol] Christmas Valley Raptor Survey
- From: "Kim Boddie" <kcboddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "COBOL sightings" <cobol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "OBOL Sightings" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:02:13 -0800
On Thur, 2/12, Lowell Franks and David Vic joined me on the Christmas Valley
Raptor Survey. We drove 91.5 miles under partly cloudy skies with temps
between 30 and 60 degrees F with calm to light winds. It is hard to believe it
is still winter. There were a lot of raptors up flying and we spent a lot of
time trying to ID them. That was also the case with birds perched way out on
the pivots with the heat waves messing up your views.
We had a 5 goose day at the Christmas Valley pond in town with lots of W.
Canada's, 7 Greater White Front, 1 Snow Goose, 1 Cackler, and 2 of the resident
Graylags. Also present were L. Scaup, Rudys, 5 Redheads, and Mallards. We
also saw a Horned Lark and 2 N. Shrike plus the 40 E. Collard Doves, C. Quail
and his Cooper's Hawk at Lowell's house before we started on the route. We
also saw 5 coyotes and no deer or pronghorns.
Survey Raptors we counted
Red-tai
led Hawk 53 Northern
Harrier 8
Bald Eagle 4A
Golden Eagle 17 (no backpack)
Rough-legged Hawk 25
Ferruginous Hawk 13
Prairie Falcon 6
Unid. Buteo 7
Kim Boddie
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