I'd like to add a few things to this email. For starters, I'm having a lot of fun being apprentice to Mark - he finds the birds, points them out and then I get to see them :-)
In addition to the *Dunlin*, *Barrow's Goldeneye*, *Marsh Wren*, & *Long Tailed Duck* that we saw, here are some other birds I thought were interesting: We had a surprise pass-over (twice) from an immature *Black Crowned Night Heron*, 1 adult and 1 juvenile* Bald Eagle*, a* Prairie Falcon*, a *Rough Legged Hawk*, saw quite a few *American Pipits*, *Pied-billed Grebes*, a repeatedly diving *Belted Kingfisher*, and nice views of a beautiful male *Red-breasted Merganser* (in the same location as the Long Tailed Duck). T. Pollock Aurora,CO *** Mark's Menagerie - **http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/*<http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/> ** On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > This morning, I stopped at Red Rocks and made sure the 100+ Rosy Finches > had seed. Included in the large flock were 4 Black Rosy Finches, including > two adults. Birders earlier in the morning reported the Harris's, > White-throated, and Golden-crowned sparrows, and the Curve-billed Thrasher. > After Red Rocks, I met up with Tom Pollock in search of a few good birds > reported earlier. When we first got there, we were unable to locate the > Dunlin after a thorough search, but located a Marsh Wren and Barrow's > Goldeneye near the water tower. We then went and located the female > Long-tailed Duck on West Gravel Lake. This duck dives for long periods of > time!! After running into Dick Schottler ( who was unsuccessul in search of > the Dunlin), Tom encouraged me to walk back toward the water tower and look > for the Dunlin again. This time, we found the Dunlin between the Duck > Platform and the water tower. After great looks, we got Dick onto the > bird. After showing Dick the location for the Marsh Wren, we looked for the > Dunlin again, but the bird had vanished. I have never seen so many Northern > Harriers in this location. Photos of the Dunlin and Marsh Wren can be seen > below: > > > Mark Chavez > Lakewood-Green Mtn > http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/ > -- 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.
