One more notable bird was Eastern Bluebird (5). On Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:57:00 PM UTC-7, COBirds wrote: > > The 67th Fort Collins CBC was held December 14th, a beautiful day, with 85 > species seen on count day and an additional 4 during count week. The cold > snap just prior to the count seemed to reduce the number of species seen, > but probably accounted for some unusually high numbers for some species. > Notable birds count day included a Horned Grebe and Brown Thrasher. High > counts included 27,500 Canada Geese (prior high 20,000), 58 Rough-legged > Hawks (28), 108 Red-tailed Hawks (88) with 2 Harlan's (also a new high from > 1), 32 Virginia Rails (21), 24 Great Horned Owls (17), 124 Steller's Jay > (112), and 49 Common Ravens (40). Some species likely came from the north, > but some from higher elevations. Noticeably lacking were Redhead, Lesser > Scaup, Eastern Screech-Owl, and grackles, (and the Northern Cardinal seen > last on December 10th in Laporte. It was a fun day for the 67 > participants, divided into 17 groups, and the 9 feeder watchers. I really > appreciate everyone's effort that participated and hope to see them next > year! I would also like to thank the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory for > allowing us to have a compilation dinner in their conference room; we had a > good turn-out and very comfortable chairs! THANKS, > > Tom Hall > FC CBC Compiler >
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