Sorry for the silly title, but just could not help myself! Had a great time with Scooter out at Lathrop State Park this morning. There were:
Big rafts of American Coots and Ruddy Ducks A few American Wigeon One Redhead and a few Blue-winged Teal One Green-winged Teal Quite a few Clark's Grebes A Belted Kingfisher being harassed by a Merlin! Still a few Osprey about Lots of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Bushtits A few Wilson's Warblers Green-tailed and Spotted Towhees Chipping and White-crowned Sparrows Lots of lesser Goldfinches, American Robins and Red-shafted Flickers Loads of Black-billed Magpie and Western Scrub-Jay It is unusual for us to see Great Egret here. We might get one or two a year and they typically pass through in Spring, so it was a very pleasant surprise to 16 in one tree! While counting them a tern flew right into my binocular field of view. There were 5 Forster's Terns in all. Many times the terns would be a in a nice fairly tight group on Martin Lake. Polly Wren Neldner La Veta, CO Sent from my iPad -- 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/1F5893C0-768D-4A57-82B2-370CA11D0FDC%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
