Yesterday was the 14th annual "modern-era" Sterling CBC. Here are some highlights:
* 68 species reported is our 3rd highest total topped only by 2008 (73) and 2010 (74). * Of the 68 species, 40% were seen by only one team. * New-to-count species included Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher and Yellow-rumped Warbler. * Ring-necked Pheasant, Wild Turkey and Greater Prairie Chicken all had all-time highs (if you ignore the historical record of 1949 where the pheasant count was 1 more than the 111 we had this year). * 4 other species had high counts-Northern Shoveler, Red-tailed Hawk, Prairie Falcon and Western Meadowlark. In fact the WEME (Western Meadowlark) tally of 341 was only 10 less than that for Red-winged Blackbird! * We have now had Long-tailed Duck on 21% of our counts (3/14) which has to be a high percentage for Colorado. You still have one more weekend for participating on a Christmas Bird Count, and the weather looks to promise much warmer temperatures than the high of 19 that we had yesterday with morning fog. Bill Kaempfer Boulder -- 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/CY1PR0301MB197754F1A638F3F888211D0CE1FC0%40CY1PR0301MB1977.namprd03.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
