The fine selection of geese continues at Stearns Lake south of Louisville in Boulder County. At 830 AM today (Saturday) they left the lake itself, which is now completely unfrozen, and flew in wide circles for awhile. Eventually, most of them resettled in the large cornfield just east of the lake. From the parking lot the lake and surrounding areas look almost empty of geese, but at least today they were in the fields east and to some extent south of the lake.
Aside from the many Canada Geese and Cackling Geese, I saw one white-morph Snow Goose, one dark-morph Snow Goose, and two hybrids(?). Bill Schmoker shows excellent (as usual!) photos of these geese at: http://brdpics.blogspot.com/2009/02/faces-in-crowd.html So if you go to Stearns Lake and don't see much at the lake itself, it might be worth checking the surrounding fields. There were also one adult Bald Eagle and some of the usual suspects (Red-winged Blackbirds, Northern Shovelers, Common Goldeneyes, a lone Green-winged Teal, etc.). Gene -- Gene Ellis Boulder, Colorado --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
