Hey, everybody. Lots of ducks and geese this past weekend, March 18-19, in Colorado's San Luis Valley.
At Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, Rio Grande County, on March 18, Casey Setash and John Rawinski's apparent Graylag Goose x Canada Goose hybrid was still there: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U8Idr0zkTsM/WNPA8mN6IQI/AAAAAAAAWFA/vD47BEUKc7kMGolOnembSPP5rs61HKQwACLcB/s1600/4-18%2BGrxCd%2B1644.png> One of the Redheads, a female, at Monte Vista showed extensive white on the head: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lHJbI7oSFzA/WNPBMQg_0rI/AAAAAAAAWFE/cBjSij96AtcDZx7qd44PwBJwj679-_eyQCLcB/s1600/4-17%2BRedh%2B1649.png> There were thousands of white-cheeked geese, most of them apparently Cackling Geese: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ltofZ3sLa2I/WNPBeHL67FI/AAAAAAAAWFI/UTXaWR2DoYwEOHBNzeMZDrKLkjaCbO4ywCLcB/s1600/4-19%2BCacG%2B1823.png> And there was a scattering of white geese, both Ross's and Snow: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bablBWgMwV0/WNPBvLTwvBI/AAAAAAAAWFM/i4rph4KXQUQGB5MQVYoYrq9llHYx6rI8wCLcB/s1600/4-20%2BRoGo%2B1840.jpg> Cinnamon Teal were back at the refuge. Over at Smith Reservoir, Costilla County, there was a Greater Scaup with the hundreds of Lesser Scaup. Also a Horned Grebe. Some other odds and ends: Rough-legged Hawk, gazillions of Sandhill Cranes, four species of owls at the Zapata Ranch (private), widespread Say's Phoebes, a few Loggerhead Shrikes, Pinyon Jays, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, a good Tree Swallow flight, Western Bluebirds in suitable habitat, Mountain Bluebirds everywhere, Sage Thrashers, and Sagebrush Sparrows. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County -- 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/576523f3-4db8-4a25-8d64-bad83c5c42cb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
