At the Sandhill Trust in Nebraska:

Sandhill Trust at sunset

American Pipits at Jumbo Reservoir in northeast Colorado.

American Pipit

American Pipit

An immature Cooper’s Hawk in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Cooper’s Hawk

An American Dipper in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

American Dipper

Papa Great Horned Owl in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Great Horned Owl

From the Bear Creek Greenbelt, an American Dipper in sunshine:

American Dipper

Here’s a big surprise from the Bear Creek Greenbelt this afternoon, a bird that’s almost never found in the area in February:

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow

In the Bear Creek Greenbelt this afternoon:

American Dipper

This morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, an immature Red-tailed Hawk with a meal:

Red-tailed Hawk

A male Ring-necked Duck in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, with male Mallards to the left.  You can just barely see its ring, a lighter color at the neck.

Ring-necked Duck