Birds of the Western Slope May 22, 2013
Photo courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology Cattle EgretCattle Egret
I was told that there was a cattle egret at Hart's Basin, so here I am hunting for it — better than washing dishes but they'll be waiting for me when I get home. We've had less water this year (and it's receding rapidly) so most of the shore bird activity has been along the west shore, adjacent to Vela's ranch.
Birds of the Western Slope May 15, 2013
Photo by Peter Barth ©pbarth Sandhill CraneCrane Migration
Spring 2013
What an unusual migration, but I say that every year!
By March 10, we had two small flocks totaling 39.
Birds of the Western Slope May 1, 2013
Photo by Dreamstime.com Long-billed CurlewLong-billed Curlew
Now is the time of surprises at Hart's Basin. Most of the sandhill cranes have gone on in their northward migration.
Birds of the Western Slope April 24, 2013
PelicansWhere are
Northern Shoveler
the people?
Western GrebeEvery year the sandhill cranes continue their migration to the north after making a brief stop in our own backyard.
Birds of the Western Slope April 17, 2013
Photo ©Guy Lichter, Alberta, Canada, July 2010 Cornell Lab. of Ornithology AvocetAvocet in the rain
I can see sandhill cranes far away, over in Vela's fields that border the reservoir near the dam. Magnification up... probably close to 100.
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