The 20th Hotchkiss Christmas Bird Count was held yesterday (Jan 3). We had a good number of observeres show up and covered the area very well. Highlights were: 10 Red Crossbills (New for the count!), 13 Great-horned Owls, 2 Merlins, 1 Prairie Falcon (see Dennis Garrison's photos on WSBN), 14 Lewis's Woodpeckers, 1 Loggerhead Shrike, 12 Pinyon Jays, 8 Juniper Titmouse, 2 Rock Wrens, 8 Canyon Wrens, 5 Marsh Wrens, 2 American Dippers, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 27 Western Bluebirds, 21 Mountain Bluebirds, 6 American Pipits, 4 Cedar Waxwings, 25 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 20 American Tree Sparrows, 1 Lincoln's Sparrow, 12 Brewer's Blackbirds, and 21 Evening Grosbeaks. I am waiting for a list from one small area, but it looks like we did very well with a slightly higher than average 77 species reported (including count week birds found so far - Lesser Scaup, Virginia Rail, and Lesser Goldfinch).
Here is the list of all species: Canada Goose 347 Gadwall 3 Mallard 291 Northern Pintail 5 Green-winged Teal 12 Ring-necked Duck 10 Lesser Scaup CW Common Goldeneye 2 Hooded Merganser 3 Common Merganser 19 Ring-necked Pheasant 13 Wild Turkey 76 Great Blue Heron 6 Bald Eagle 15 Northern Harrier 9 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 62 Rough-legged Hawk 16 Golden Eagle 19 American Kestrel 34 Merlin 2 Prairie Falcon 1 Virginia Rail CW Killdeer 4 Rock Pigeon 57 Eurasian Collared-Dove 110 Mourning Dove 37 Great Horned Owl 13 Belted Kingfisher 7 Lewis's Woodpecker 14 Downy Woodpecker 11 Hairy Woodpecker 14 Northern Flicker 43 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Steller's Jay 1 Western Scrub-Jay 20 Pinyon Jay 12 Black-billed Magpie 109 American Crow 3 Common Raven 95 Horned Lark 138 Black-capped Chickadee 63 Mountain Chickadee 9 Juniper Titmouse 8 Bushtit 9 White-breasted Nuthatch 7 Brown Creeper 3 Rock Wren 2 Canyon Wren 8 Bewick's Wren 3 Marsh Wren 5 American Dipper 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Western Bluebird 27 Mountain Bluebird 21 Townsend's Solitaire 9 American Robin 216 European Starling 1549 American Pipit 6 Cedar Waxwing 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 25 Spotted Towhee 18 American Tree Sparrow 20 Song Sparrow 56 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 37 Dark-eyed Junco 447 Red-winged Blackbird 344 Western Meadowlark 46 Brewer's Blackbird 12 House Finch 202 Red Crossbill 10 Lesser Goldfinch 0 American Goldfinch 7 Evening Grosbeak 21 House Sparrow 456 Total Species 77 Total Birds 5291 Thanks to all of the people that showed up for the count and to Andrea Robinsong for hosting the compilation party afterwards! -- Jason Beason 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
