Weekend Highlights

What a Great Weekend!

Saturday:

Rosy Finches in Masonvile

Scrub Jay with Snack

American Dipper

Maybe Harlan's, maybe dark Rough-Legged...

Mergansers

Thayer's Gull

in flight

Golden Eagle

in flight

and one of 6 or 8 evening Great Horned Owls...

then Sunday:

The most cooperative Kingfisher to date!

and in flight :)

Interesting Red-tailed Hawk

and then, The Long Eared Owls!!

The two looked really different from each other... (to me.)

:)

The rest of Saturday's photos:

Mountain Birds

Connie Kogler's Mountain Bird trip today:

On the way in through Lyons, a very wonderful view of two Bald Eagles

Not too concerned about the audience, this one continued to work on his snack....

Next, a stop in Ward and a nice flock of Pine Grosbeaks

Other nice views from today's trip:

Brown Creeper :)

The Rest of the photos....

Snowy in Colorado

Well after a bit of debate I went down to see the Snowy Owl today. SO worth the trip...I might have to go back:

Can you spot the owl?

Graceful as anything

Fantabulous footsies

Back on the roof

Beautiful Rough-legged Hawk just down the street

On the way back, stopped at the South Platte in Denver:

Red-breasted Merganser

A pair

and in flight.

and ending with a Barrow's Goldeneye

More Photos from Monday's Snowy Owl Visit:

Sunday's Photos in Windsor:

Saturday's in Fort Collins:

Drive-by Raptors

The Nunn Guy's Raptor trip this past weekend.....plus, some test shots from the new G11:

Roadside Pheasant

Rough-legged Hawk

Red-tail Buddies

G11 test shot

Golden Eagle getting harrassed

Another test shot

Kestrel with funny tail

Bald Eagle

Upside-down Red-tail (Right-side-up shortly thereafter)

Busy Downy

Red-shouldered Hawk in Windsor!

Red-shouldered in flight

Sparkling Winter sunshine and the rest of the photos....