Beautiful day at Barr lake today, and plenty of bird action. Tens of thousands of Canada/Cackling Geese were the star, with small numbers of Snow Geese mixed in. There was one flyover of 20 Snow Geese, otherwise, all were mixed in in ones and twos with the white-cheeked. We were able to single out 3 or 4 Ross.'
Of the 7 or so Bald Eagles we saw today, a lakeside flyover by an adult, sending thousands of Geese into the air, was exciting to be next to. There was one pair of adult Tundra Swans on the East end of the lake, easily viewed from the Niedrach loop, which is just outside the visitor's center. Other waterfowl included many Shovelers and Mallards, Pintail, Gadwall, Western Grebes (about 50), Horned Grebes (3), Com. Merganser (3 f), Pied-billed Grebes, Buffleheads, etc. Raptors included one very dark-morph Red-tailed, vying for space with one of two very-light morphs. Also a very dark Rough-legged Hawk gave us a flyover. We heard one Great-Horned Owl hooting just before dusk as we left. There were also several Kestrels. Song Sparrows, Juncos, Goldfinches, Blue Jays, Chickadees, Flickers, Downys, etc, added to the 34 species we saw today. Dave Cameron Denver -- 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.
