Beautiful weather was a treat for the 58th annual Denver Christmas Bird Count. An initial tally was performed at the compilation potluck and the species count right now stands at 98 species (a phone call from one intrepid Area Leader last night added the 98th species...a Northern Mockingbird! Feeder watcher reports may add an additional species.
One new species was added to the count, the two Brant were still present near the mouth of Plum Creek! That brings the Denver CBC TOTAL species count over 58 years to 198 species! Amazing! Other highlights yesterday include: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at the elementary school just SE of Red Rocks White-winged Scoter - seen on only 3 previous counts Lesser Black-backed Gull - seen on only 4 past counts Say's Phoebe - seen on only 5 past counts Mountain Bluebird - Seen on only 4 past counts Northern Mockingbird Golden-crowned Sparrow - at Red Rocks Harris's Sparrow - 2 (possibly 2 additional as not all areas have reported in) Everyone enjoyed the food, photos and people. Another successful CBC! Thank you to all who participated! Joey Kellner Compiler - Denver CBC -- 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.
