The Denver CBC was held Saturday, December 18th. The preliminary compilation results counted up 103 species. A few areas were not able to make the compilation and results from the feeder watchers are still being tabulated and will be submitted in a few days, so the total will like be one to three species higher.
Notables were: Ross's Goose Tundra Swan Long-tailed Duck Pacific Loon Bonaparte's Gull (first for the count) Thayer's Gull Glaucous Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Say's Phoebe Eastern Winter Wren Curve-billed Thrasher (first for the count) White-throated Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Harris's Sparrow Rusty Blackbird A note on the Winter Wren. Several of us were 90% sure it was a Pacific Wren after viewing it for about 5 minutes (excellent light, in the open, etc.). The bird looked a warm, orange-buff on the entire undersides (throat, breast and belly all a uniform color) After Glenn Walbek got some photos it became pretty obvious that it was a Winter Wren (pale throat, . I obviously need to learn more about this species. I can't trust my eyes to record accurate color. Lesson Learned: Look at the bird, but only trust a photograph to confirm the species as a visual can often be incorrect with the "stub-tailed wren" species. Joey Kellner Compiler - Denver CBC -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
