Went back out to Manitou Lake from 4:30-6pm last night to try to break my Big Day total of 56 set on 5/18/2010.
I was at 42 from a lunchtime trip and needed 14 more to tie. The conditions were fierce to say the least; numbing. Strong winds and blowing snow. I added 10 more species and fell short by 4 to tie. Still, it moved yesterday into 2nd place all time at 52 species. Not bad for a little mountain lake. I added 3 new location species: . Long-billed Dowitcher - refound at the south end marsh - still keeping close company with a Wilson's Snipe . Say's Phoebe . Hermit Thrush - while I was seeking shelter in the Log picnic shelter, it flew right in with the same idea and nearly landed at my feet. Once it realized both me and my dog were in there, it scooted just outside. This brings my all-time total species count to 162 at the lake. 76 so far this year alone. Of note: Chipping, Brewer's, Vesper, Savannah, Song and Lincoln's Sparrows all well represented. Chippers in waves of hundreds at times. And one very friendly Brewer's Sparrow, that continually kept flitting all around us out in the field; at times landing at mine and my dog's feet and simply checking us out; cocking an eye at us as to say, "What are you doing out in this weather?". Also got 17 new FOS species at the Lake on this day! That is pretty amazing by itself. I intend to head back out at lunch and see what is still there and what might be new. Complete list below. Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 3, Annual: 17, World Annual: 9 Species: 52 - Subspecies: 2 - Forms: 54 Total Records: 55 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Gadwall Anas strepera Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Cinnamon Teal [a*] Anas cyanoptera Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Common Merganser Mergus merganser Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Osprey Pandion haliaetus Northern Harrier [a] Circus cyaneus American Coot Fulica americana Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Willet [a] Tringa semipalmata Long-billed Dowitcher [l*] Limnodromus scolopaceus Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Wilson's Phalarope [a] Phalaropus tricolor California Gull Larus californicus Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Say's Phoebe [l] Sayornis saya Loggerhead Shrike [a] Lanius ludovicianus American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Common Raven Corvus corax Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Black-capped Chickadee [a] Poecile atricapillus White-breasted Nuthatch [a] Sitta carolinensis Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana Hermit Thrush [l*] Catharus guttatus American Robin Turdus migratorius American Pipit [a*] Anthus rubescens Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Chipping Sparrow [a*] Spizella passerina Brewer's Sparrow [a*] Spizella breweri Vesper Sparrow [a*] Pooecetes gramineus Savannah Sparrow [a*] Passerculus sandwichensis Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Lincoln's Sparrow [a] Melospiza lincolnii White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) mearnsi Junco hyemalis mearnsi Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) caniceps Junco hyemalis caniceps Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Red Crossbill [a*] Loxia curvirostra Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 5/2/2013 -- 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.
