This morning's field trip to Riverbend Ponds Natural Area in Fort Collins was, ahem, "sparsely attended." There were two of us. But it was a great outing!
The last bird of the day was probably the highlight: a fall plumage Rusty Blackbird at the far side of the first pond on Sharp Point Drive. White-throated sparrow at far end of Big Pond (Riverbend Ponds) was also FOS for both of us. Complete checklist: Canada Goose X American Wigeon X Mallard X Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal 3 Common Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 6 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Killdeer 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 8 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Great Horned Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher X Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker X American Kestrel 1 Blue Jay X American Crow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 4 American Robin X European Starling X Spotted Towhee 1 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow X Dark-eyed Junco 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Rusty Blackbird 1 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 2 -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
