A correction to my report from last night: the total of Lesser Black-backed Gulls was 4.
David Suddjian Littleton, CO On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:16 PM, David Suddjian <[email protected]> wrote: > Three Type 5 (Lodgepole Pine) *Red Crossbills* were at Ridgeview Park off > South Prince St in Littleton this morning, feeding in the crown of a > spruce. I hadn't had any crossbills in the local area lately. Thinking to > try to find more amid the many conifers at Littleton Cemetery, just up the > street, I visited there shortly after noon but found none. However, there > were at least 27 (!) *Red-breasted Nuthatches *scattered in small groups > throughout. Also 1 *Ruby-crowned Kinglet*, 1 *Hairy Woodpecker*, 1 *Brown > Creeper*, and 2 *Mountain Chickadees* -- all good birds for the > neighborhood. > > Toward sunset and beyond there was a major flow of gulls in view passing > southward over the vicinity of St. Mary Church (and much more broadly). The > trajectory was pointed right at McClellan Reservoir, but I'm not sure where > they were actually going. They were all aimed there, however, and the > movement continued well after sunset. All told, over 75 minutes there were > about 4,650 gulls that I saw, which was probably just a slice of the > overall movement. I was able to identify about half of these, and they were > predominantly *Ring-billeds* of course (~82%) and *Herring* (17+%). But > of the larger gulls passing close by I was also able to pick out 7 *Lesser > Black-backed*, 3 *Thayer's *and 2 *Glaucous*. Most evenings have a good > movement in that area,but tonight there were many more than usual. > > David Suddjian > Littleton, 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/CAGj6RooJNLH11OBx5rSmnK8PQwQv7chMRmEoWwmYiw3xXtV0rg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
