May, 1912 
SOME NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO BIRD NOTES 
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28. Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. 'Phere were two pairs of Prairie 
Falcons at Pawnee Buttes, both nesting. One bird was seen at the nest on the 
side of the West Butte, and the other pair were nesting in the line of bluffs to 
the west of the Buttes. From a point some little distance off we could see into 
the cavity under the overhanging rocks, and with field glasses were sure we saw 
two eggs. The place itself was well marked by the white streaks of droppings 
down the side of the rock, and the birds manife.sted much anxiety when we were 
on the rocks above the spot. June 17 we thought we saw one near Log Cabin 
P. O., Larimer County. 
29. Falco sparverius phalaena. Desert Sparrow Hawk. This was about 
the most common hawk met with. It was seen frequently betweei: Colorado 
Springs and Ramah, and also between Godfrey and Deer Trail; near Briggs- 
dale ; northwest of Fort Collins ; Home P. O. ; Hell Creek ; Lake John ; near Mt. 
Zirkel ; at Grizzly Creek, North Park; Steamboat Springs; and frequently along 
the road between that place and Golden, being decidedly common at times. 
30. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. This s])ecics was 
Eig. 36. WESTERN NIGHTH.\WK ON FENCE POST 
seen rather frequently on the plains from near River Bend to a few miles north- 
west of Fort Collins. Hay 30 we dug out a nest, or rather the other two did, 
while I bossed. It was, as usual, in an abandoned prairie dog hole, and eight 
fresh eggs were found, being five feet in from the mouth of the burrow, and 
three feet below the surface of the ground. The female was captured on the 
nest. 
31. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. The first seen was on a small 
stream between Livermore and Log Cabin; then near Home P. O. ; at Chambers 
Lake; Walden; at the upper bridge on the North Platte; at Steamboat Springs 
and eighteen miles .south ; Grand River, twelve miles above Kremmling. 
32. Dryobates villosus monticola. Rocky IMountain Hairy Woodpecker. 
One seen Hay 23 at Bijou Creek, one near Chambers Lake, one at our Cameron 
Pass camp, and at Buffalo Pa.ss sawmill. 
33. Picoides americanus dorsalis. Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker. Our 
best find in the way of birds was probably the family of this species we found 
close to our Buffalo Pass camp. They had a nest in a dead Engelmann spruce. 
