Colorado Birders, The total number of Barrow's Goldeneyes (BAGO) tallied for the count this year was 163 at 16 sites. Many of the sites that have had large counts in the past were not visited this year and it seems that some sites (i.e., Jerry Creek Reservoir in Mesa County), that usually have BAGO present, did not this year. Also, some sites that have usually have large counts didn't have as many BAGO present this year (i.e., Lake Avery in Rio Blanco County). I don't know if it can be proved, but it does seem that the high elevation lakes/reservoirs aren't freezing up as early as they have historically. This definitely influences the count.
Site County Count Blue Lake Eagle 1 Cherry Creek Reservoir Arapahoe 2 Craig Station Inlet Pond Moffat 46 Dillon Reservoir Summit 9 Eleven Mile Reservoir Park 2 Gateway Park Denver 2 Lake Avery Rio Blanco 8 Lake Catamount Routt 12 McPhee Reservoir Montezuma 2 Mount Elbert Forebay Lake 3 Ranch at the Roaring Fork Pond Garfield 15 Rist Benson Reservoir Larimer 2 Rifle Gap Reservoir Garfield 2 Silverthorne Sewage Pond Summit 19 Spring Park Reservoir Eagle 1 Stagecoach Reservoir Routt 28 Vega Reservoir Mesa 9 total 163 Thanks to all that participated! Jason Beason Special Monitoring Projects Coordinator Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Paonia - Delta County -- 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
