Heading down South River Road out of Alamosa we glimpsed several Canada
geese. Farther on several ravens mobbed
a golden eagle. On the west side of the
road a tree held two bald eagles, perched side by side. Turning onto the county line road (CR CC – RD
15S), two red-winged blackbirds flew in front of the car and landed in a bush,
joining several other red-wings. This was our first red-wing sighting this year.
Continuing the theme of twin raptors, we
spied two rough-legged hawks sitting next to each other on a power pole. Next
we saw a juvenile bald eagle along S CR 6 E – S 100 RD – its dirty white head
feathers indicated it was probably in its fourth year.
At Monte Vista NWR we observed a herd of about 30 pronghorns. We took a
nice walk along one of the refuge roads but avian activity was nil. Back in the
car we stopped for a while to admire a prairie falcon perched atop a tree.
