This weekend Paul Slingsby and I led a group of RMBO ColonyWatch volunteers on a survey of North Park water bird colonies at multiple ponds/locations. Here are the highlights:
June 28: Walden Reservoir. Water level was high. Great Egret 2 Eared Grebe 413 birds. Some nests in cattails, but little open water nesting yet Western Grebe 75 Double-crested Cormorant 27 adults and at least 13 young American White Pelican 40 (few if any nesting here this year) Snowy Egret - as many as 3-5 nesting including young in one nest Black-crowned Night Heron - several on nests White-faced Ibis - 101 on evening flight line count of birds heading to nesting colony or evening roost California Gull 318 including young (count probably low) Forster's Terns 33 at colony CR 18 between Tointon Ranch and Delaney Buttes Sandhill Crane 6 (several dancing) Lake John Red-necked Grebe 1 still on nest in sedges. 2nd bird in open water. (If you plan to visit this nest, call or email for directions.) Clark's Grebe 1 seen this date at Western Grebe colony; 4 seen earlier this month and again on the 29th by Lee and Linda Farrell June 29 18 Island Reservoir Eared Grebe 134 (a few building nests and a few on) Western Willet 8 White-faced Ibis 17 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Marbled Godwit 4 Prairie Falcon 1 Remains of 2 Green-winged Teal apparently killed, plucked and consumed by a falcon or accipiter leaving behind one leg band. -- Chuck Hundertmark 2546 Lake Meadow Drive Lafayette, CO 80026 303-604-0531 Cell: 720-771-8659 [email protected] -- 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/CACZCCxeSXYjEkjZpEaKV2vpgjhgf-u0PoWsrAwfFAUfjrDnsXg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
