Hello, Birders. Hannah, Andrew, and I saw--but didn't see well enough--an essentially black-backed and black-headed goose at Waneka Lake, Boulder County, earlier today, Tuesday, Dec. 27th. The bird had white around the tail; couldn't get a great read, but I would say the upper-tail and under-tail coverts. Oh, and the bird was alive: It raised its head once or twice. Annoyingly, the bird was facing away from us, the whole time. We had only binoculars, no scope; and the bird was fairly far off, and it was swarmed by gulls and other geese. Andrew helpfully suggested that he walk out onto the thin ice and flush the bird...which I thought was a fine idea, but his sister successfully pleaded with him not to.
Needless to say, Black Brant--in particular, a bird in formative plumage--occurred to me as an identification for the bird. But I can't be sure it wasn't a dark formative Snow Goose. We just didn't see it well enough. Well, there MAY be a Black Brant in Boulder County. Check the parking lots and corporate headquarter lawns! 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.
