Hi Cobirders, Stopped at Big Johnson Resv today. Warm, mostly clear, with a slight SE breeze pushing the ducks closer than usual. Saw 60+ Ring-billed Gulls, 50+ Com Goldeneye, 10+ Hooded Mergansers, 15+ Com Mergansers, 3 Ruddy Ducks, 3 Lesser Scaup males, 20+ Bufflehead, 100+ Eared Grebe in mixed plumages, and a few other dabblers.
The coolest, though, was seeing probably a patch of upwelling on the middle that was the scene of a waterfowl feeding frenzy. There were dozens of grebes, goldeneye, bufflehead, and a few N Shovelers working in a small, concentrated oval, feeding rapidly. There were waterfowl scattered all over the lake, but that one spot was packed! (And why weren't the gulls checking it out?) Steve Brown Colorado Springs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php 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.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
