Hi All, Will Clary and I birded around El Paso County this morning.
We spent about an hour, from 7:30 to 8:30 at Prospect Lake. There is much more open water than it sounds like there was yesterday, so birds were a bit more spread out. In close to shore was the *Black Scoter*, diving frequently along with Buffleheads, Canvasback, Scaup, and a female Ruddy Duck. A little ways out we saw a *Surf Scoter*,with a clear white patch on the back of its head. We weren't able to find either of the White-winged. Large numbers of waterfowl on the lake, constantly stirred up by a Bald Eagle. We then went to Big Johnson Reservoir, and spent a while scoping the water. We found the continuing *White-winged Scoter* and *Long-tailed Duck*. Also 3 Common Loons and a few Clark's Grebes, along with many more expected species. Two eagles were present here as well, along with many Red-tails and a few Kestrels. After that we did a brief walk through Fountain Creek Regional Park, where highlights were Virginia Rail and several raptors: a very light juv. Red-tail, a Cooper's Hawk, a Sharp-shinned bathing in the creek, and a Harrier. We found three lingering RC Kinglets too. Lee Farese CO Springs -- 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/b2e4bed1-32a9-4bb4-aca5-ab36461bf4b3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
