I want to thank nine birders who ventured out to Sterling -- Andy, Ann,
Bill, Bruce, Kathy, Maggie, Peter, Tim and Tom. They all contributed to
make this year's Sterling CBC very productive. Although the results are
preliminary, we tied the high species count of 73. Two birds were new to
the count circle. The best bird was a Greater Prairie Chicken -- Yeah, the
barren sand hills on the east side of the count circle finally produced
something. Bruce Bosley and Peter Walker got good looks at the bird perched
on a wire before it flew off overhead. And the Double Crested-Cormorant
first seen by Bill Kaempfer on his blitzkrieg scouting run last Saturday
was still on North Sterling Reservoir.
There was a monumental change in the numbers geese observed this year which
I assume may be caused by all the open water. We seldom see Snow and Ross's
Geese in this circle. The numbers for Snow Geese will probably exceed 5000
and the Ross's Geese will total in the hundreds. And on the other hand we
may have record low numbers of Horned Larks.
I hope this may be an indication that we can expect may more good CBC's
this year.
Gary Matthews
Estes Park
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