Hi Cobirders, I made a trip out to Bonny Lake this morning to see what might be around. The lake is higher than it was last summer, and fields are starting to green-up. It was pretty windy, so not much success with passerines in the woods, but I did see four Eastern Bluebirds - 2 near the dam, and 2 near Foster Grove. Also 8 male turkeys there.
On the lake there was a raft of 40+ white geese - far away from any access point on the West end, good numbers of Am Wigeon, Mallard, and Green Winged Teal, but smaller numbers of N Pintail, Com Merganser, Redhead, N Shoveler, and mostly paired Canada Geese. Most fun for me was an adult Bald Eagle soaring near the dam at road-height, male and female N Harriers near the dam, 8 Double-crested Cormorants, and 75+ Am White Pelicans, showing their breeding bill "protuberance". On the way home I stopped by Flagler SWA off I-70. Only a few wigeons, mallards, and Ring-necked Ducks on the water, and a GB Heron. Lots of Horned Larks and a Ferruginous Hawk nearby. Also, finally, I stopped at Ramah SWA, El Paso Co., because I thought I saw water there on the way out at sunrise. Wrong! There is about 1/2 acre of water, a few inches deep, and lots of weedy mud. I'm guessing it will be dry next week. One solitary Killdeer is all I could find there. Oh, and great news - I had my FOY Com Grackles today at Falcon and Burlington! 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
