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Back to the Pawnee Grassland
Posted By admin16 On August 24, 2015 @ 8:34 pm In Photography | No Comments
The sun rose on Thursday over the Pawnee National Grassland [1] on the high plains of Eastern Colorado as Sharon and I watched. A freak summer cold front brought the temperature down to 46 degrees, and smoke from fires in the Pacific Northwest partly obscured the sun on an otherwise cloudless morning.
We drove two hours from our homes in Boulder in order to drive another 21 miles on the Pawnee National Grassland Birding Tour [3]. A proud looking bird welcomed us at the information kiosk when we reached it.
This hawk had just arrived from Argentina and wasn’t about to move when we drove up.
After completing the loop, we went to Crow Valley, where we ate our picnic lunch and hiked the trails there.
What this bird lacks in color, it more than makes up for in form. I call it handsome and elegant rather than beautiful. Sharon thinks of it as being regal. All of these adjectives apply to the Eastern Kingbird.
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[3] Pawnee National Grassland Birding Tour: http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5318485.pdf
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