Hello everyone, Fellow birders Justin Rink (NE), Tom Linda and Roger Radd (AZ) hit up a few areas of CO this weekend. Here are some of the highlights: 4/10/09 Grasslands near Holly (Prowers Co.) 2 Short-eared Owls (flying around remnant prairie at dawn)Burrowing Owls (rds at night)1 Vesper Sparrow2 Swainson's Hawks Lamar Community College Woods4 Northern Cardinals3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers1 Lincoln's Sparrow30 Pine Siskins2 Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warblers (1 alt male, 1 female)2 Eastern White-breasted Nuthatches1 Eastern Downy Woodpecker Nee Noshe Reservoir (Kiowa Co.)~40 tired Baird's Sandpipers1 flying Long-billed Curlew Nee Gronda Reservoir~80 Ross's Geese~5 Snow Geese Highway 50 near Canon City (Pueblo Co.)1 Swainson's Hawk2 White-faced Ibis 4/11/09 Wuanita Hot Springs Lek (Gunnison Co.)~30 Gunnison Sage-Grouse Linda Powers' feeders, Crested Butte~30 Brown-capped Rosy-Finches2 Interior Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches1 Black Rosy-Finch1 Evening Grosbeak25 Cassin's Finch Pond at Angler Mountain Ranch (Summit Co.)12 Barrow's Goldeneye2 Bufflehead6 Redhead6 Lesser Scaup12 Ring-necked Ducks Loveland Pass (Clear Creek Co. side 300 yrds from top of pass to the west)1 female White-tailed PtarmiganPhotos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/christian_nunes/ Pond just west of Empire (Clear Creek Co.)1 Common Merganser8 Ring-necked Ducks4 Northern ShovelersGadwallMallardGunnison Prairie-dog (I was surprised to find them here, should I be?) Baseline Reservoir (Boulder Co.)2 White-winged Scoters1 Ruddy DuckLesser Scaup etc. Cottonwood Marsh and the first pond of Sawhill1 Long-billed Dowitcher6 Greater YellowlegsCinnamon x Blue-winged Teal4 Northern Rough-winged Swallows
4/12/09 Baseline Reservoir (Boulder Co.)2 White-winged Scoters Walden Ponds 1 Canvasback Valmont Reservoir1 Bonaparte's Gull Fawn Brook Inn200+ Brown-capped Rosy-Finches (all w/black bills)3 Interior Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch2 Hepburn's Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (still w/straw colored bill: furthest to travel, last to breed?) 1 adult male Black Rosy-Finch1 Red Crossbill1 singing Band-tailed Pigeon (thought the wintering bird might be a male until we found two more Band-tailed Pigeon up the street)30 Cassin's Finch (singing all over)1 Clark's Nutcracker Union Reservoir (Weld Co.)1 road-kill Short-eared Owl on the north shore road13 Great-tailed Grackles Thanks, and good birding, Christian Nunes [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/christian_nunes/ _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Updates1_042009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
