Man, Fruitgrowers Reservoir (aka, Hart's Basin) is a great place to see a lot of species, and a lot of birds, quickly.
Highlights there today were a Sandhill Crane (I have recently learned that they did breed here last year), a late Bonaparte's Gull, a Black-necked Stilt, an impressive number of swallows (estimated 850 Violet-green), and lots of duck species. Here is my list for about one hour and fifteen minutes of birding from the north end of the lake: Location: Fruitgrowers Reservoir Observation date: 6/11/09 Number of species: 47 Canada Goose 115 Gadwall 4 American Wigeon 4 Mallard 24 Blue-winged Teal 6 Cinnamon Teal 12 Northern Shoveler 3 Green-winged Teal 4 Redhead 5 Lesser Scaup 2 Ruddy Duck 16 Ring-necked Pheasant 2 Pied-billed Grebe 21 Eared Grebe 11 Western Grebe 135 Clark's Grebe 3 American White Pelican 42 Double-crested Cormorant 17 Great Blue Heron 13 White-faced Ibis 7 American Kestrel 1 American Coot 65 Sandhill Crane 1 Killdeer 4 Black-necked Stilt 1 Willet 2 Wilson's Snipe 2 Wilson's Phalarope 2 Bonaparte's Gull 1 California Gull 1 Mourning Dove 4 Western Kingbird 2 Common Raven 1 Tree Swallow 80 Violet-green Swallow 850 Bank Swallow 115 Cliff Swallow 75 Barn Swallow 55 Marsh Wren 4 European Starling 45 Cedar Waxwing 2 Yellow Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 2 Song Sparrow 1 Western Meadowlark 2 Yellow-headed Blackbird 15 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Jason Beason Paonia - Delta County --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
