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Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. An occasional buzzard was seen floating 

 along in spring and summer, but I saw no signs of nesting. 

 Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Only two seen. 

 Accipiter cooperi. Cooper Hawk. Probably six seen during the season. 

 Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tailed Hawk. A few breeding in the 



locality. 



Buteo swainsoni. Swainson Hawk. One seen occasionally. 



Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. Only one seen. 



Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. One seen in the fall. 



Falco sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. Common, nesting in deserted flicker and 

 Lewis woodpecker holes. Saw sets of from 3 to 5 eggs during the latter part of 

 May. One bird noticed in January. Mr. Warren says it is common in Montezuma 

 County, and at Coventry. 



Strix pratincola. Barn Owl. One seen near Mancos, and one often seen at a 

 barn half a mile below Fort Lewis. 



Asio wilsonianus. Long-eared Owl. More numerous than the other owls. 

 Breeds in deserted magpie nests. Found set of 4 eggs April 25. 



Syrnium occidentale. Spotted Owl. Two seen in the spring. 



Megascops flammeola. Flammulated Screech Owl. I saw one of these little 

 owls in a black birch one morning, but did not secure it. 



Bubo magellanicus pallescens. Western Horned Owl. Heard frequently, 

 but seen rarely. Resident. 



Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Ground Owl. I saw one below Cortez, and 

 Mr. Warren reports one from Cortez. 



Glaucidium gnoma. Pigmy Owl. I found a dead young one in a deserted 



flicker's nest. 



Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. Two seen during the season. 



Dryobates villosus monticola. Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker. Fairly 

 common resident, tho not seen unless quietly looked for. 



Dryobates pubescens homorus. Batchelder Woodpecker. Seen occasionally 

 along the river bottom. 



Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis. Red-naped Sapsucker. Their "drawn-work," on 

 birch and alder trees, was noticed frequently. One pair raised a nest of young 

 just outside the school grounds in a tall cotton wood tree. 



Melanerpes torquatus. Lewis Woodpecker. Saw four pairs during the spring. 

 I found a nest completed in a dead pine tree, but when I returned, a few days later, 

 woodcutters had felled the tree. Another pair nested in a pine tree a short distance 

 from Mr. Peterson's "rubber camp" and raised a brood of four. 



Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Numerous along the river bot- 

 tom, and some on the pine mesas. Mr. Warren reports them from Montezuma 

 County and Coventry in Montrose County. 



Phalaenoptilus nuttalli. Poor-will. An occasional Poor-will was seen at dusk 

 along the roads. None heard. 



Chordeiles virginianus henryi. Western Nighthawk. Seen in flocks of 10 to 

 30 several evenings, probably migrating. 



Aeronautes melanoelucus. White-throated Swift. Seen once in the La Plata 

 Mountains. 



Selasphorus platycercus. Broad-tailed Hummer. Four or five seen during 

 the year. One caught. 



Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. One seen on a wire fence at Navajo Springs 

 in June. 



