I too, bundled up and headed out for a tour of lakes and such. I visited Lon Hagler, Bud Mielke Res., Private pond on CR21, Cattail Pond, Lonetree, Boedecker, Green Ridge Glade, Wellington Downs Gravel ponds, Duck Lake, and Loveland Lake.
Most of the big lakes were surprisingly empty. No big gull flocks to speak of except 45 Franklins at Boedecker, along with 28 White-faced Ibis there too. The little ponds were busy with dabblers and divers, Pied-billed Grebes and Coots. Western Grebes and White Pelicans looked cold. A few Avocets at Duck lake, yesterday at the Wellington Gravel Ponds there were 3 with one Black-necked Stilt. Just west of the Windsor Exit and I-25 on the south side is a little wetland. There were tons of swallows. I have one picture with four species - Tree, Barn, Violet-green and Cliff. They were hiding in the trees or on the fence hawking what bugs they could find. Home in the warm house, put another spoonful of mealworms out for the robins. Goldfinches that look like they got into paint, but didn't quite finish are swarming the feeders. Rain's turning to snow for real. Connie Kogler BirdsOTheMorning.com AslansOwn.com Loveland, Colorado. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
