Despite the Ross' Gull's long stint at Cherry Creek Res, we didn't have time to get out there and look for it until yesterday, early afternoon. In retrospect, about three hours after it left. But we stayed till sundown, and met some nice birders from many distant areas (Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, etc). We returned at sunup this morning, and met the same faces. Despite great organization (some stayed at the spit, some of us went to the lake loop, two more went on to the prairie loop, all with each other's phone numbers) we obviously came up empty. A beautiful day, though, great to be out in.
Present were-- Kingfisher, tons of Com. Merganser, a few Hooded Merganser, many Western Grebes, Com. Goldeneye, California Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Pied-billed Grebe, 10 White Pelicans, Tree Sparrows, So anyway, Barr Lake seemed like a nice way to spend the rest of the day, and it was. Some highlights: Ross' Goose (several, among the Snow Geese (dozens, incl 5 blue morphs, among the White Cheeked Geese (thousands, incl a small percentage of Cackling) Great Horned Owl Hairy Woodpecker Am Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Harriers, incl on sitting the ice edge like an Eagle Oh yea, and-- Eagles (2, bald) Heard about a Rough-legged earlier in the day, but we didn't see it ourselves Shovelers. Otherwise remarkably few ducks today. Kestrel Dave Cameron Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
