What a great weekend for birding along the front range. I amassed a really impressive list. Well, I dipped on Tufted Duck and Little Gull (twice) but I did manage to get the Chatfield Brants and to find Boulder County Lapland Longspurs (my first in 30 years, if you can believe that) and Weld County Rusty Blackbirds, and I believe that some others did get both of those species.
But here is the impressive list (apologies to Brandon): Chatfield Reservoir (12/3): Todd Deininger (well I was in his car-hard to miss) Tim Smart Dan Maynard Nick Moore Loch Kilpatrick Glenn Walbek Union Reservoir (12/3): Nick Komar Mark Chavez Pete Plage Tom Hall Mike Blatchley Tim Smart (particularly abundant on Saturday, but seemingly absent on Sunday) St. Vrain State Park area and Union Reservoir again(12/4) Rachel Hopper Dave Leatherman Glenn Dunmeir Todd Deininger (this time not in his car) Joe Prentice Larry Wilson Nick Komar (distribution status in SW Weld County, "common") Sklyer Bol (might have mis-id this one, but it was a life species) Bill and Inez Prather Big Misses (inter alia) Peter Gent Maggie Boswell Christian Nunes Bill Schmoker Steve Mlodinow By the way, I understand that a certain American Woodcock and Common Ground Dove have had even better lists lately. Maybe it's not what you see but who you see. Bill Kaempfer Boulder (apologies to anyone who I left off the list!) -- 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.
