Hello, Birders. Oops on this:
> Sunday afternoon, Feb. 26th. Lake Henry, Crowley County. > Here we were greeted by Meredith Anderson & her most > excellent roll of paper towels (long story...) and eventually > chased off by a bull. In between those two episodes, we > saw some nice birds, including a pair of BALD EAGLES, > 1 WESTERN GREBE, at least three molting EARED GREBES, Fingers slipped. I intended H-O-R-N, but I typed E-A-R. My bad. I feel awful for all the folks who are now in the process of making the long drive down south from the Front Range region, y'know, for the purpose of getting an early jump on ticking Podiceps nigricollis on their 2012 Crowley County year lists. Rather, the birds were HORNED GREBES, P. auritus, which truth may have been suspected by those who are in the know about the relative timing of the prealternate molts of Eared and Horned grebes. And how does one learn the arcane secrets of the relative timing of the prealternate molts of the Eared and Horned grebes? Why, by consulting Tony Leukering's wonderful article in Colorado Birds from a couple of years ago. Specifically: "In the Scope: Horned and Eared Grebes," pp. 306-310, Colorado Birds, vol. 43 no. 4 (2009). Learn more about the excellent journal Colorado Birds here: http://cfobirds.org/birding/journal.htm 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.
