Hi all Tom McConnell and I birded in Delta County today.
The dry and cool morning turned into a wet and rainy afternoon, with wet snow on top of McClure Pass on the way home. Best fun was finding two imm Harris's Sparrows, but the huge flock of Red-winged Blackbirds at Fruitgrowers Resr was very impressive, Selected highlights: Hotchkiss: 2 HARRIS'S SPARROWS by 3400 rd, ca 1/3mile south of the North Fork of the Gunnison bridge, in the scrubby area between the road and the SW side of the electricity substation #9136, with several Song and White-crowned Sparrows. Pleasure Park boat ramp American Pipit still, but no sign of the Least Sandpiper in a brief search Lazear Say's Phoebe on the church No sign of the Blue Jay Delta Confluence Park 11 Snow Geese still (one imm) Northern Pintail (pair) 20+Yellow-rumped Warblers No sign of the Greater Whitefronted Goose 120+ Brewer's Blackbirds on 5th St, at the Cattle Yard Ca 1,000 Sandhill Cranes just west of town, west of the Uncompahgre River, on fields by F and G roads Sweitzer Lake 11 Snow Geese briefly (flew in with a couple of hundred Canada Geese , hunters shots rang out, they all left! wise birds) Undoubtedly the birds from Confluence. Northern Pintail 1 Northern Shrike adult by south side of lake, near the picnic tables Also during the day, a couple of Prairie Falcons, Merlin, several each of Golden and Bald Eagles, Northern Harriers, a single Sharp-shinned Hawk, many Kestrels and Red-tailed Hawks (but no other buteos) Good birding all Dick Filby Carbondale -- 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.
