On Monday, January 2, 2012, twenty-six participants spread out for the Barr Lake Christmas Bird Count. With clear skies and mild weather, counters tallied 67 species, somewhat low for the count in recent years. The 67th species, however, made up for the low species count. With early data indicating that the Horned Lark count would be extremely low, Pete Plage headed back to his count area in the afternoon to track down these normally numerous grassland birds as well as any other missed species. While scanning a snow covered field for the larks, he spotted the Snowy Owl that has since been seen by a growing number of Colorado birders. Other highlights of the count were 3 Greater Scaup, a Red-necked Grebe, Barn Owl, Wild Turkeys, 2 Virginia Rails, Marsh Wren, and Common and Great-tailed Grackles. Thanks to the RMBO staff for setting out coffee, tea and cocoa to take off the early morning chill and to Bill Kaempfer for facilitating a smooth transition of compilers. Thanks also to those who turned out for the count.
-- Chuck Hundertmark 2546 Lake Meadow Drive Lafayette, CO 80026 303-604-0531 Cell: 720-771-8659 [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.
