For crappy weather what a glorious day of birding. Nunn Cafe was warm and gracious as usual as 16 of us geared up for 30 degree weather and blustery winds. We persevered and ended the day with 66 species!
Highlights: Barn Owl - 3 (Crow Valley Campground. We had naturalist with us who just earlier said are we going to see Barn Owl and I say "heck no!"-- insert foot in mouth-haha) Mountain Plover - 3 (I had a bad feeling in 30 degree/frigid temps BUT over at Dyers Ranch we finally found them and actually got to watch some breeding behavior-wahoo!)--possible Mountan Plover at WCR 33 site but we could not refind it after someone had yelled out I think I see something that looks like a Killdeer but is not a Killdeer. Greater White-fronted Goose - 2 (Timnath Reservoir) Burrowing Owl - seen at WCR 33 (2-3) and along WCR 43 Great-tailed Grackle - 24 (mostly at Timnath Reservoir area) Prairie Falcon - 1 (Crow Valley) Swainson's Hawk - 1 (Hwy 14) Laramie Audubon Society - 3 members McCown's Longspur - at least 4- dozen including three dozen on road hiding behind wild sunflowers from weather--long looks for all) Blue-winged Teal - 1 (Drake Lake) Thanks Gary Lefko/Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
