Hello, Birders. Hannah and Andrew and I visited Clover Basin Reservoir, Boulder County, earlier this afternoon, Sunday, Nov. 20th. We saw two swans, one of which was a pretty straightforward first-cycle bird, evidently in transition from juvenile to formative plumage. The other was odder, sorta indeterminate--definitely a swan [insert smiley-face], and I'd say likely another Tundra Swan, but the bird gave us pause. Let's call it one Tundra and one spuh.
Also, y'know how COBirders are fantastic at finding all the stuff that Hannah and Andrew lose while we're out birding. Well, Hannah lost something at Clover Basin Rez that I'm not requesting anybody look for. She lost a tooth! It was a bloody mess, but great fun of course. Over at Mc Intosh Lake, Boulder County, the gizzard shad were doing their usual Thanksgiving-time thing, viz., dying in the thousands and being gobbled up by lots of grebes, gulls, ducks, etc. Nothing of real note out there, but an interesting female-plumage Common Goldeneye had an entirely orange bill. A few Bonaparte's Gulls and American White Pelicans were hanging on. Also a nice Clark's Grebe amid the many Westerns, and--as if to corroborate something Peter Gent said at the "Bird Shift" panel at the C.U. museum last week--lots of Eared Grebes still present. Ted Floyd [email protected] Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- 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.
