It was back up to Park County today, visiting most of the notable bodies of water in the county. Most of the smaller to mid-size waters were iced over, but Spinney Mountain and Eleven Mile Reservoirs were open (iced margins on the former), Tarryall was mostly open, Lake George had a few open holes but was mostly ice-covered, and Plamman Lake was open.
Spinney Mountain Reservoir had a late juv. *Sabine's Gull*, 2 *Common Loons*, 2 *Greater Scaup*, and a tardy (for Park) *Am. White Pelican* (maybe not flight-worthy), *Double-crested Cormorant*, and *Great Blue Heron*. Numbers of some ducks had increased somewhat, but no major changes. About 3,800 *Bufflehead*, 520 *Redhead*, 34 *Canvasback*, 400+ *Gadwall*, and 6,700 *Am. Coots*. A female *Northern Harrier* there was my only one for the day, as was a *Mountain Bluebird*. Eleven Mile Reservoir had a *Red-necked Grebe*, 3 *Hooded Mergansers*, 1 male *Barrow's Goldeneye*, 6 *Common Loons*, 5,000+ *Am. Coots*, 1,500+ *Bufflehead*, and two deer that swam all the way across the lake (they went across the narrow length, but still a mighty long deer paddle.) Non-lake highlights were 8 *Brown-capped Rosy-Finches* that flew in at the town of Jefferson before the sunlight hit the town, *Northern Shrikes* there and near Hartsel, a *Rough-legged Hawk* at Michigan Hill, a *Ferruginous Hawk* along CR 59 northeast of Spinney Mountain Reservoir, *Am. Three-toed Woodpeckers *at CR 22 and CR 98, *Northern Goshawk*, *Gray Jays* and *Pine Grosbeaks* at Pike NF Road 431. There was just a smattering of Type 2 and Type 5 *Red Crossbills* here and there in appropriate forests habitats. 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/CAGj6Roq%2B0O-NXQfq3%2BnyQD3pJ6GZ%2Bf9jpdqw7gDT5pX5AK81tw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
