Hi all, Larry Arnold, Sean McKee and I saw a flock of 92 Common Loons at Highline Lake today around midday. This number may have increased since as numbers 89-92 flew in as I was driving out. The weather was poor but the birds were great.
Highlights included (in no particular order): LONG-BILLED CURLEW - my FOS flying east over the boat launch north of the campground FRANKLIN'S GULL - my FOS - two birds Larry spotted flying in from the south with Ring-billed Gulls RED-BREASTED MERGANSER - eight birds on Mack Mesa Reservoir; my FOS BALD EAGLE - one immature on the east side OSPREY - two birds REDHEAD - 45 BUFFLEHEAD - 6 WESTERN GREBE - 10? my FOS CLARK'S GREBE - my FOS - at least 2 EARED GREBE - my FOS - 1 CANVASBACK - 1 Also of note was an Osprey in Fruita and another Osprey at the intersection of Q 3/4 road and 8 road in the desert. It seems these are moving through in fair numbers right now too. Overall, a great day of birding. Take care, -- Jacob Cooper Mesa County --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
