Greetings, list folk- I'm forwarding this message on behalf of Andrew Mackie, compiler of the Salida CBC. It was held on Sat., 12/18 with decent weather in most of the circle (snowing in the mountain portion), no snow cover, and lots of open water. In addition to the "new for the list" species (note that lone Sandhill Crane!), it was only the 2nd time for Ross's Goose and Harris's Sparrow. Also, the California Gulls were only the 2nd time ANY gull species has been seen in this mountain circle-the much more expected, although certainly still uncommon, Ring-billed Gulls were seen in 2008.
Tina Mitchell Coaldale/Lakewood, CO From: Andrew Mackie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 4:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Results from the Salida CBC Overall it was a good count with 74 total species and 3,490 individual birds counted. We had 21 people participate. The highest totals for a species was 721 Canada Geese, followed by 675 Starlings. We had four new species to the count: Sandhill Crane, California Gull, Northern Mockingbird, and Common Grackle (based upon acceptance by the regional compiler). Andrew -- 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.
