This morning, I spent 90 minutes in 3 areas around Silverthorne. The first stop was the Wildernest area where ³highlights² were 7 Pygmy Nuthatches and a flyover Red Crossbill. Grosbeaks, Nutcrackers and other finches have been noticeably absent the past couple of weeks. Second stop was in the Hummingbird Circle area where I came across a beautiful male Cassin¹s Finch perched atop a coniferous tree. My final stop was at the Blue River Treatment Plant where there were 8 species of ducks. My eBird report is below:
Location: Blue River Water Treatment Plant Observation date: 1/10/10 Notes: AMWI was a drake and FOS here for me. There were 81 Goldeneye species. Based on a detailed analysis I did this past Thursday, where I had a 62% BAGO and 38% COGO split and my gut look today, I used a 60-40 split for the 2 Goldeneye sps. It is interesting to see the molting on first year males. Females sorted by combo of head shape primarily and bill secondarily. Number of species: 9 Gadwall 9 American Wigeon 1 Mallard 35 Green-winged Teal 12 Ring-necked Duck 10 Bufflehead 3 Common Goldeneye 32 Barrow's Goldeneye 49 Black-billed Magpie 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Nims Silverthorne, CO [email protected]
