Today started with a bird finding me. I have been over the Grand Mesa twice before this trip and have never seen a STELLER’S JAY. Well, this morning while loading the truck, one flew in to check out the only activity going on this morning at Island Lake.
Next, drive down of the mesa to Jerry Creek Reservoirs to search for ducks. A lone Belted Kingfisher was cruising the shore line and Mallards, Gadwall, American Coot, Greater and Lesser Scaup, American Wigeon and new for the trip BUFFLEHEAD and COMMON GOLDENEYE. Next stop was supposed to be Vega SP, but an accident had traffic backed up so we did a U-turn and started to head east. A golden Eagle soaring along the cliffs on CO65 was a great sight. Just west of mile marker 59 on I-70 in the median was a loon, I would say COMMON LOON, but doing 80mph in traffic I was only able to get a brief look. My last stop of the trip was to Rifle Gap SP to see if there was any turnover. The PACIFIC LOON is still holding. It spent all its time with two Western Grebes and swam close to the south shore providing great looks. The only other waterfowl was a flock of 60 Common Goldeneye, one Lesser Scaup and one Common Merganser. -- Todd Deininger Longmont, CO -- 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.
