I birded around Loveland, Fort Collins and Wellington (all in Larimer County) over the weekend, with a foray into Weld County at Black Hollow Reservoir north of Hwy 14. Highlights were:
Houts Res (Sat) - Brant continues with 3 companion Canada Geese. Lots of other waterfowl at this location. Horseshoe Lake (Sat) - Hundreds of birds on east side, including 40 lingering Am. White Pelicans, 2 adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and 3 immature Thayer's Gulls, 115 Herring Gulls. Boyd Lake (north half) (Sat) - Common Loons (2) and Tundra Swans (2) Horse farm south of Cattail Pond (Sat) - 50 Great-tailed Grackles Sunrise Ranch (Sat) - 30 Wild Turkeys Horsetooth Reservoir south end (Sat) - 117 Pinyon Jays, 1 imm (2nd cycle) Thayer's Gull, 3 adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls Fort Collins Discovery Museum (Sun) - Eastern Screech-Owl sunning itself Black Hollow Res (Sun) - Lesser Black-backed Gull (2 imm.), Northern Shrike, Prairie Falcon, Common Loon, Red-breasted Merganser North Poudre Res #3, west of Wellington (Sun) - Red-necked Grebe (1 ad.), 40 Sandhill Cranes (flew northwest at dusk) Nick Komar Fort Collins 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/1945290664.2592267.1385343824348.JavaMail.root%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
