>From 10:30am until 12:30pm, I scanned Lake McIntosh in NW Longmont (Boulder >County). I didn't find anything great on the lake, just high numbers of birds >I haven't seen for a while and some that are lagging behind a little.
On the lake: 79 American White Pelicans 75 Bonaparte's Gulls (I tried really hard to make them into Little or Black-headed Gulls with no luck) 33 Eared Grebes 12 Horned Grebes 3 Buffleheads (my FOS) 7 Common Mergansers (my FOS) 10 Common Goldeneyes (my FOS) and more of the regulars. The BEST birds of the day though showed up as I was leaving. I heard a flock of birds that I expected to be Pine Siskins (American Goldfinch-like calls). After finally getting on them (they were crafty at hiding), I had a flock of 8 COMMON REDPOLLS (new county bird for me). They altered their calls a lot while I was watching them, from the Siskin/Goldfinch like calls to a rattle reminiscent of a lapland longspur rattle, but longer. They were located on the shore edge near the southeast boat ramp. Great looks including one with a really strong reddish hue to the breast. These were likely my best views of Common Redpolls since I was a young kid (probably 23-24 years ago) when my dad banded some Redpolls in our backyard outside of Philadelphia, PA. Bryan Guarente Instructional Designer The COMET Program University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Boulder, 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
