Greetings All,
Nick Moore, earlier this week, suggest we bird Jackson County (aka North Park). What a fabulous idea. The rarest birds were CLAY-COLORED SPARROW singing along Arapahoe NWR driving loop HERRING GULL, adult, on Walden Reservoir LAZULI BUNTING, in the spruce at Cameron Pass, elevation > 10,000 feet. Other unusual birds included 2 CATTLE EGRET at Walden Reservoir 1 Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup at Walden Reservoir But, perhaps, the real highlight was the enormous number of waterfowl. Consider these day-totals, most from Walden Res and Arapahoe NWR driving loop, but other reservoirs contributed 1983 Canada Geese 1141 Gadwall 577 American Wigeon 355 Cinnamon Teal 72 Canvasback 408 Redhead 55 Ring-necked Duck 158 Lesser Scaup 6 Bufflehead 52 Common Mergasers 283 Ruddy Ducks 1340 Eared Grebes (okay, not waterfowl, but an impressive enough number) We did have a migrant Marbled Godwit, Semi Sandpiper, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs. It was an impressive day, indeed. Nothing like seeing a Lazuli Bunting while simultaneously hearing an Am Three-toed Woodpecker. Cheers Steve 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8D049AC06B61BDE-F90-62492%40webmail-d156.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
