Hello, Birders. Andrew and I jaunted around north-central Boulder County this afternoon, Friday, March 2nd, and we found:
* along the west shore of McCall Lake, in a shrub at 40.203081 N 105.206434 W, a Harris's Sparrow. It was hanging out in a flock of Slate-colored Juncos, Pink-sided Juncos, and Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows. * at Boulder Rez, along the north shore, an amazing chorus of 477 Redheads. The late-winter chorusing of Redheads is one of the great natural phenomena of Colorado. Not to be missed. * at Boulder Rez, and especially at Clover Basin Reservoir, HOT PINK Ring-billed Gulls. They're baa-ack. Well, okay, they never really left. But 2012 is looking to be the best showing since 2003. Learn more about HOT PINK Ring-billed Gulls here: "The Peculiar Puzzle of the Pink Ring-billed Gulls," by Lisa Hardy; Birding, October, 2003, pp. 498-504. Lisa's article is the best ever in Birding. For real. See: http://blog.aba.org/2011/02/the-ten-best-articles-in-birding-magazine.html * in Lafayette, after sundown, a marvelous showing of Mercury, which is the most glorious object in the material universe. Should be excellent for the next few nights. Look straight west, very low in the horizon, 6:45-7:00 p.m. 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.
