Hello, Birders. Just before sundown on Saturday, Jan. 2nd, I saw 2 Great-tailed Grackles fly southwest over the intersection of 8th Street (US 385) and Rose Avenue (US 24) in Burlington, Kit Carson County, and I said to myself, "Gee, that's cool." I looked up again and was amazed to see a loose, straggling flock of 37 (!) more Great-tailed Grackles flying southwest across the intersection. And then I saw something amazing. During the course of the next two or three minutes, I watched a steady procession of at least 350 (!!) more Great-tailed Grackles fly across the intersection. As far as I can tell, this is the largest flock of Great-tailed Grackles ever reported in Colorado. If I am wrong, I am sure someone will correct me. In the event that you want to go see this quiscaline spectacle for yourself, here's a map:
http://tiny.cc/j3vdx The blue stickpin indicates a good observation point. The blue line indicates the birds' line of flight. The blue quadrilateral indicates where the birds landed--at their evening roost, I assume. By the way, there were other birds in the grackle flock: House Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, and I believe a few Brown-headed Cowbirds. But the Great-tails were the most numerous. Look for them at sundown. ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding Check out Birding magazine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine ------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ -- 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
