Today, while skiing at Keystone Ski Resort (Summit County), I hit the jackpot with a flock of 200+ Rosy-finches, including all 3 species plus Hepburn's subspecies. The birds were all in the North Peak area, near the top of the Santiago lift. Below is my eBird submission with notes--sorry that it does not cut-and-paste well. Also, it makes the posting somewhat long.
I made a very quick stop at the Blue River Water Treatment Plant (Silverthorne, Summit Cty) where there were 20+ Goldeneyes, most of which were Barrow's. The eBird list below gives specifics. Will go back in the next day or two to sort through all the females. Finally, there is a Northern Goshawk around the Dillon\Keystone area. Bonnie Boex sent me a pic of a NOGO in her back yard, an adult bird. In talking with ski patrol people at North Peak in Keystone, they have recently been seeing a NOGO--not sure if the same bird. Location: Keystone Ski Resort North Peak Observation date: 1/14/11 Number of species: 5 Mountain Chickadee 5 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Hepburn's) 5 Minimum count, hard to tell as the birds seemed to be in constant motion. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Gray-crowned) 10 Most likely more but difficult to get an accurate count Black Rosy-Finch 3 Minimum count, hard to tell as the birds seemed to be in constant motion Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 180 There was a flock of ~200 Rosy-Finches in the North Peak area of Keystone today. Far-and-away, the majority were BCRF's but it was hard to get an accurate count. This is a conservative number. In my four years of looking for Rosy-Finches at Keystone, this is by far the most I have encountered at one time Location: Blue River Water Treatment Plant Observation date: 1/14/11 Number of species: 6 Gadwall 4 Mallard 12 Green-winged Teal 5 Ring-necked Duck 20 guesstimate; mix of male and female Common Goldeneye 3 No drakes; all female Barrow's Goldeneye 16 11 drakes, 5 females Charlie Nims Silverthorne, CO [email protected] -- 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.
