Greetings All,
Today, David Dowell and I wandered around Morgan County and bumped into birds everywhere. Jackson Reservoir has a good bit of open water. Highlights there include TUNDRA SWAN (ad, neck band, n access) AM BLACK DUCK X MALLARD (male, n access) RUSTY BLACKBIRD (male, alt plumage, along e. side) 2 HERMIT THRUSHES (state park, one was Pacific Lowland type) BROWN THRASHER (state park) YB/RN SAPSUCKER (visitor center, state park) 2 MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES (visitor center, state park) 2 BROWN CREEPER (state park) 2 HARRIS'S SPARROW (state park) 3 LBB GULLS (2 first cycle, 1 ad, on reservoir) 1 THAYER'S GULL (adult, on reservoir) 1 WHITE-WINGED JUNCO (state park) 1 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (e. side) At a ?private? site along S Platte River just nw of Ft Morgan, we found N GOSHAWK 5 MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE 1 BROWN CREEPER 14 WB NUTHATCH (12 Eastern, 2 Montane) 43 EASTERN BLUEBIRD 1 RB WOODPECKER 1 N CARDINAL 1 WT SPARROW 2 SWAMP SPARROW 54 SONG SPARROW 2 WHITE-WINGED JUNCO 2 PINE SISKINS (my first of the winter!!!) At LOG LANE VILLAGE, from end of Elm (thanks Joe Roller) 15 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS 1 WINTER WREN 80 ROSS'S GEESE (flying over with several hundred Snows) 4 WILSON'S SNIPE 8 KILLDEER At Riverside Park in Fort Morgan 1 G WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 2 TAVERNER'S CACKLING GEESE 1 BROWN CREEPER An amazing day, beautiful, and birdy. If someone had planned a Morgan County Big Day today, a tally in the high 80s would've likely been possible, seemingly impossible in winter there Migration does seem to be starting, with a seeming uptick in Western Meadowlarks and Mourning Doves as well as more waterfowl about. Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
