Yesterday (Monday) afternoon, I came across a Northern Shrike in Frisco, on the Lake Dillon side of Hwy 9 about 1\4 mile south of Main St. Earlier, while skiing at Keystone, had no luck finding any finches on North Peak--only birds were Mountain Chickadees and Gray Jays.
About 3 pm, I stopped by the Blue River Water Treatment Plant (Silverthorne) where there were a lot of ducks: Gadwall 1 Mallard ~50 Green-winged Teal 12 Ring-necked Duck 7 Bufflehead 3 Goldeneye ~100 (Barrow¹s & Common) Re the Goldeneye, I counted 78 in one sweep but that did not include all of the pond where there were at least 20 more. I did not have time to sort through all of the females to differentiate between Common and Barrow¹s but based on a quick count of males and using that split, I would say that there were ~15 Common Goldeneye and ~85 Barrow¹s. Again, this is a rough estimate given the number of female ducks. I also saw 3 blackbird species flying in the distance but could not make a positive ID. My guess is Red-winged Blackbird. Charlie Nims Silverthorne, CO [email protected] -- 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
