On Thursday I headed to Wolf Creek Ski area from Silverthorne and had a nice variety of raptors including a Northern Shrike in Leadville, several Red-tailed Hawks, a Ferruginous Hawk along Hwy 285 south of the intersection with Hwy 17, a couple of American Kestrels and a male Northern Harrier near Saguache.
Today, I spent a short time at the Blue River Water Treatment Plant in Silverthorne (Summit County) where there were 8 species of duck. Specifics are below; there were at least 13 Barrow's Goldeneye but could have been a few more as I had 4 individual female Goldeneye which I was not able to positively ID. There were also at least 5 Common Goldeneye. Below is a copy of the eBird report that I submitted showing breakdown of the individual species: Blue River Water Treatment Plant, Summit, US-CO Dec 17, 2011 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Gadwall (Anas strepera) 8 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 15 Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 1 Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 9 Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 55 Counted 48 in one area then had ~7 more around the back of the pond Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 2 male & female Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 5 3M & 2F,incl. one immature molting into adult plumage. Also had ~4 un-ID'd Goldeneye species females Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) 13 8M & 5F. Also had ~4 un-ID'd Goldeneye species females duck sp. (Anatinae sp.) 4 ~4 un-ID'd Goldeneye species females Charlie Nims Silverthorne, CO\Norwell, MA [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.
