The NOCO Big Sit! held at my house in Loveland was a big success. The cold finally drove us to our warm homes around 2:00. I went out to the circle several more times throughout the afternoon and did add Pine Siskin to the list. We beat our last years total of 27 by 12 species with a total of 39, one bird shy of our goal. Not bad considering the weather! We missed some easy birds, American Goldfinch, Red-tailed Hawk and Downy Woodpecker. Some nice surprises were Mountain Chickadee, Greater Yellowlegs and a mixed flock of grebes. Ann Donoghue, Kathleen Dowd, Lauren Burke and later Denise Bretting and I were our team of the day. We had a fire and coffee going the whole time, Kathleen brought some tasty Wasail. Al made us tasty bagels for breakfast, I made turkey and swiss grilled / burnt for lunch. Amazing what tastes good when you're cold.
Here is our list: Mallard GB Heron SS Hawk Am Kestrel EC Dove Mour. Dove No Flicker Blue Jay Scrub Jay BB Magpie Am. Crow BC Chickadee Mtn Chickadee Am Robin Starling Spotted Towhee Dark-eyed Junco White-crowned Sparrow RW Blackbird W meadowlark C. Grackle House Finch Less. Goldfinch House Sparrow Great H. Owl RB Gull Wood Duck We. Grebe Am Coot Eared Grebe PB Grebe Bald Eagle N. Harrier Gr. Yellowlegs Killdeer Belted Kingfisher Hooded Merganser Gadwall Connie Kogler Twitter @lefthanddbirder Loveland, CO. BirdsOTheMorning.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
