Location: Lake County, CO, US Observation date: 4/11/10 Notes: First county record of *Spotted Towhee*, multiple birds at multiple locations. Number of species: 45
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 33 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 28 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca 10 Redhead - Aythya americana 7 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis 2 Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula 40 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura 8 (unusually high number for Lake County) *Sharp-shinned Hawk* - Accipiter striatus 1 Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis 1 adult ground-hunting among sagebrush & snow, Leadville golf course Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 2 Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo lagopus 1 light phase (getting late for these?) *American Coot* - Fulica americana 1 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 9 American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana 1 swimming on Mt. Elbert Forebay *Wilson's Snipe* - Gallinago delicata 2 *Bonaparte's Gull* - Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 adult breeding plumage, swimming, Mt. Elbert Forebay Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 15 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) - Colaptes auratus [cafer Group] 5 *Loggerhead Shrike* - Lanius ludovicianus 2 Steller's Jay - Cyanocitta stelleri 5 Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia 20 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 5 Common Raven - Corvus corax 12 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris 36 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 3 (1 singing) Mountain Chickadee - Poecile gambeli 10 White-breasted Nuthatch (Interior West) - Sitta carolinensis [mexicana Group] 2 Pygmy Nuthatch - Sitta pygmaea 10 American Dipper - Cinclus mexicanus 2 Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides 8 *Townsend's Solitaire* - Myadestes townsendi 1 singing American Robin - Turdus migratorius 4 *Sage Thrasher* - Oreoscoptes montanus 3 (1 singing) European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 5 *Spotted Towhee* - Pipilo maculatus 8 (how unusual at this elevation?) *Vesper Sparrow* - Pooecetes gramineus 8 (1 singing) Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) - Junco hyemalis mearnsi 2 Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) - Junco hyemalis caniceps 5 (some singing) Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 10 *Western Meadowlark* - Sturnella neglecta 3 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch - Leucosticte australis 1 Pine Grosbeak - Pinicola enucleator 1 *Cassin's Finch* - Carpodacus cassinii 3 singing *House Finch* - Carpodacus mexicanus 3 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 7 This report was generated automatically by eBird Tim Kalbach Leadville, CO -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
