Hi all, A big thanks to the 12 birders, who helped with this years Pueblo CBC (the circle is east of Pueblo, and includes the towns of Blende and Vineland, as well as Roselawn Cemetery, South Road Pond, Runyon Lake, Lake Minnequa, CF&I Lakes (private), Comanche Power Plant (private), Huerfano Reservoir (dry), parts of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, and the Pueblo Airport. The count was on Tuesday, 23 Dec 2014. A total of 109 species and nearly 100,000 birds were counted (thanks to the large numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds, European Starlings, Eurasian Collared-Doves, both white and dark geese, American Robins, and other birds). The previous record for species was 108, and this is only the 3rd time this CBC has reached the 100 species mark. New species for the count were: Zone-tailed Hawk (if accepted by the CBRC and the CBC Regional Editor team), Pine Warbler (photographed), and Hermit Thrush. Other highlights: Snow Goose (white form) 8140 Snow Goose (blue form) 302 Ross's Goose 803Tundra Swan 1 Greater Scaup 5 Long-tailed Duck 1 Red-breasted Merganser 14 Ruddy Duck 36Eared Grebe 1 Western Grebe 4Clark's Grebe 2Double-crested Cormorant 4Bald Eagle 1 Ferruginous Hawk 1 Rough-legged Hawk 2Merlin 5 Sora 2 Sandhill Crane 24 California Gull 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 White-winged Dove 1 Mourning Dove 1 Barn Owl 1Lewis's Woodpecker 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Say's Phoebe 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1Chihuahuan Raven count week Mountain Chickadee 41 Bushtit 20Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 Brown Creeper 4 Winter Wren 1 Marsh Wren 1Golden-crowned Kinglet 1Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 Western Bluebird 4 Mountain Bluebird 1 Townsend's Solitaire 3 Spotted Towhee 1 Canyon Towhee 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Lapland Longspur 1 Rusty Blackbird 1 Great-tailed Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 38 Cassin's Finch 2
Brandon Percival Compiler of the Pueblo CBC Pueblo West, 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/923424009.1302263.1419528077270.JavaMail.yahoo%40jws10690.mail.bf1.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
