Nina Routh, Toni Rautus, Paul Slingsby and I spent the day visiting nearby birding sites yesterday, and stop #1 was South Platte Res., which had an acute lack of scoters. It's a good bet that your BCLP birds were the same two. As a side note, we decided to pop up to Genesee to see if the approaching weather might stir up some activity among the mountain species. After fifteen minutes of the usual winter mountain silence, we stumbled upon a mixed flock that included good numbers of crossbills (don't ask me which version; I'm damn lucky to be able to hear a few assorted peeps, much less sort out type 27 bristlecone versus type 93 Sargasso Sea or whatever), Cassin's finches, all three nuthatches, hairy woodpecker, and juncos. Surprisingly, we were unable to turn up a creeper. As we were leaving, we saw an interesting aerial squabble involving a raven (raven sp: I guess inability to differentiate common from Chihuahuan can now be added to my lengthy list of ornithological shortcomings), a red-tail and a golden eagle, with a goshawk as a non-participant spectator. Based on our experience there, foothills conifers might be a good place to check over the next few days.
Norm Lewis Lakewood Sent from my iPad > On Nov 4, 2015, at 5:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Late this afternoon, I stopped by Bear Creek Lake Park to see if the eBird > report of a Clark's Grebe seen earlier today was present. I saw 12 Westerns > but didn't see any Clark's. I did see two Surf Scoters resting on the lake. > Most of the time they were tucked in resting, but I was able to get a view > when they decided to stretch. I'm curious if the two Surf Scooters are > still on South Platte Reservoir. > > Mark Chavez > Lakewood-Green Mtn > http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/ > -- > 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/331583894.988156.1446684233193.JavaMail.zimbra%40comcast.net. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/FEE5AD9C-D535-414C-A019-B72491711CEA%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
