I followed up on the Mlodinow-Schmoker find of Evening Grosbeak near Fawn Brook Inn. Arriving about noon today, there was a flock of about 25 EVENING GROSBEAK in the aspens at the Inn. No other species of note.
After checking around the area a little (a surprise Northern Shrike just south of Ferncliff; surprising to me, at least), I returned to the Fawn Brook Inn about an hour later but no grosbeaks. The snow was getting pretty heavy by then so I headed back down. cheers Jack Harlan E. Boulder County On Jan 15, 7:37 pm, Steven Mlodinow <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings All, > > Today, Bill Schmoker and I did a loop from Allenspark to Ward to Gold Hill to > Valmont to Broomfield to Frederick to McIntosh. We had 68 species, 5 > additional forms, and 5 hybrids > > Highlights by location: > > Allenspark: N PYGMY OWL. Responded to our tooting and eventually flew over > our heads trailing a skiff of Mountain Chickadees and Pygmy Nuthatches among > other birds. The bird was about 100 meters downhill from the Fawnbrook > feeders. No rosy finches. A few EVENING GROSBEAKS kicking around. > > Ward: 2 PINE GROSBEAKS. At feeder on left side of road. Sorry for lack of > better directions > > Gold Hill: Nothing rare, but good numbers of birds including 5 WW Juncos and > > 100 Pine Siskins. > > Valmont: The usual lingering DC Cormorants, Western Grebes, etc. The swan was > present and I feel pretty good about it being a TRUMPETER SWAN. Also present > was a male GADWALL x MALLARD. > > Anthem Ponds and Siena Ponds: Generally few birds, perhaps because dump > closed on Sunday. GLAUCOUS x HERRING GULL, however, was again present at > Siena Pond. > > LUNA Res: 2 male GREATER SCAUP. Present for most of winter > > Frederick Rec Area: 3500+ Lesser Canada Geese (parvipes) plus several hundred > "Big Ugly" Canada Geese and several hundred Cacklers. Also, 1 ROSS'S GOOSE > and the following weirdo geese: 1 pretty classic G WHITE-FRONTED x CANADA > (Lesser by size) GOOSE. 2 Snow/Ross's x Canada/Cackling Goose hybrids. One > was larger, looked much like it had Blue Goose in it, and was in between > Richardson's and Lesser Canada Goose in size. Since Snow Geese are a bit > heftier/larger than Lesser Canadas, this bird was most likely a SNOW (blue > morph) x CACKLING GOOSE. The second goose was smaller, with a more delicate > head, smaller bill (no grin patch, which was present on larger bird), and was > about the size of a Richardson's Cackling Goose. This bird was most likely a > ROSS'S x CACKLING GOOSE. This bird also seemed to have a somewhat Ross's > Goose like bill pattern. > > McIntosh Res: 1 LESSER BB GULL (2nd year) and 2 THAYER'S GULLS (ad and 2nd > year). > > Time for me to have dinner!!! > Good Birding > Steven Mlodinow (and Bill Schmoker) > Longmont, CO -- 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.
