That Snow Goose has been at Glenmere Parl since fall. Injury?? Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m
On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:35:00 PM UTC-6, Steven Mlodinow wrote: > > Greetings All > > Nick Moore and I wandered about Weld, Logan, Washington, and Morgan > Counties. > > Crow Valley was kinda sluggish except for the continuous chattering of > kingbirds. Some of those kingbirds were CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS... a family > group and a pair feeding young in a nest! Also, we had one remaining > CALLIOPE HUMM in the nw corner. Finally, we had 3 WARBLING VIREOS, subsp > undetermined, that were most likely migrants. > > At a pond just north of Logan CR 10 on Logan CR 25 (a few miles n of > Merino) there was an adult PEREGRINE FALCON, a BALTIMORE ORIOLE, a > BALTIMORE x BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, and an EASTERN PHOEBE > > At Prewitt Reservoir, shorebird numbers remained high and diversity low. > One SANDERLING being the only shorebird of interest. Along the inlet canal, > there was an INDIGO BUNTING, a male INDIGO x LAZULI BUNTING, a WILLOW > FLYCATCHER and an interesting (Dusky?) unidentified Empid. > > At Andrick Ponds, no Mottled Duck, no Mallards, no duck at all. There > was a BN STILT, a fairly unusual bird in Morgan County > > Weld Co Rd 59 Ponds remain boring > Loloff has ever fewer birds and naught of interest > > Glenmere Park... now that spot was interesting. A Snow Goose and a > Cackling Goose both missing all of the primaries on the right wing, having > all primaries on left wing. Me suspects non-natural occurrence. Nearly 40 > Cattle Egrets flew in late in the afternoon. And a RB NUTHATCH was in the > conifers to the east of the pond. Now, I have suspected that RB Nuthatch > breeds here, but failed to find any during 3 prior trips this summer. > Finally, there were two young MEXICAN DUCK x MALLARD intergrades here... > probably one the same as seen during late June, and both likely offspring > of male Mexican Duck seen here earlier in summer. All of those birds had > all primaries intact > > Good Birding > Steven Mlodinow > Longmont CO > > PS- Lark Bunts, Lark Sparrows, and Chippies very much on move through > prairies. > > > > > -- 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/a0cb8ad1-ca17-41a2-9896-84ccd7f3ffb7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
