Hi Holly, Did you find the gorilla pics? Do you have a favorite? Bill Sent from my iPad
> On Nov 29, 2017, at 1:24 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > [email protected] Google Groups > Topic digest > View all topics > Crow Valley situation - 1 Update > Crow Valley CG (Weld) and Jackson SP (Morgan) on 28Nov - 1 Update > Updated Christmas Bird Count dates for CO - 2 Updates > "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk, Cherry Creek Res, (Arapahoe Co) - 1 Update > Yard High Counts (scrub jays & towhees) - Arapahoe - 1 Update > Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 28 November 2017 - 1 Update > Crow Valley situation > DAVID A LEATHERMAN <[email protected]>: Nov 29 02:52AM > > I should have mentioned that the road down into the campground is closed for > the winter up near Weld CR77. It is about a mile walk from the gate to where > the redpolls were along Crow Creek ne of the Group Area. Not sure what to > make of a couple vehicles and a trailer down in the campground. I think the > big RV is that of the hosts which is winterized and apparently will be there > until next spring. Near the Picnic Shelter was a trailer and a pick-up truck. > This may be a contractor working to cut dead trees in the campground to whom > the USFS gave a key. Not sure. I saw a motion detection camera set up in a > small honeylocust in the southwest corner, apparently by a hunter, and there > is a camo tent along the creek way out north, that appears to be that of a > hunter or "resident". All this is FYI if you plan to go out there in search > of redpolls. > > > Dave Leatherman > > Fort Collins > Back to top > Crow Valley CG (Weld) and Jackson SP (Morgan) on 28Nov > DAVID A LEATHERMAN <[email protected]>: Nov 29 02:44AM > > Highlights from Crow Valley Campground near Briggsdale (Weld) > > COMMON REDPOLL (35) - first one seen in cottonwoods near the main Picnic > Shelter, big flock was in the northeast part of the entire area, ne of the > Group Area, out the northeasteern gate e of primitive camping spots > ("Mourning Dove Trail") along the fenceline leading to the Work Center. > Photos below are two different individuals taken along Crow Creek way out > northeast. > > > [cid:13ac7e25-3fbe-4503-b19d-fd3d60d320a2] > [cid:84e77bf8-ddcb-4f71-9ac5-c21942a3acf4] > > > Golden-crowned Kinglet (1f) - southwest corner > > Townsend's Solitaire (11) > > Lapland Longspur (few flyovers heard giving both "teeuw" and rattle) > > > The redpolls seemed very nervous, never spent much time in any one tree or > place, sort of zoomed all over the place along the creek. > > > Highlights of Jackson Lake State Park (Morgan) > > Snow Goose (45) - flock flying over high, might have been a few Ross's but up > too high to tell for sure by the time I detected them > > Bald Eagle (11) > > White Pelican (4) > > Western Grebe (2) > > California Gull (estimate 5) > > Herring Gull (at least 20) > > Ring-billed Gull (very few) > > Merlin (1) > > Watching a gathering of local law enforcement do defensive/offensive driving > training on a closed off section of road along west side, complete with > extreme braking/screeching of tires > > > Jackson was like glass, VERY few birds on it. Most of the gulls (only 20) > were on the northwesternmost boat launch jetty which I could not get to > because of the closed road. Nothing of interest that I could find in the > Russian-olive thickets between the Visitor Center and the res (that is, NO > yellow-rumps, hermit thrushes, varied thrushes, long-eared owls, northern > cardinals, spotted towhees or Harris's/white-throated sparrows). I might have > heard a ruby-crowned kinglet but could not confirm. > > > Dave Leatherman > > Fort Collins > Back to top > Updated Christmas Bird Count dates for CO > Rebecca L Laroche <[email protected]>: Nov 28 08:03AM -0800 > > Dear Brandon, > Thanks so much for the post. I was looking at the map and find that the > Bonny Count is canceled this year? And no information is yet available for > Crook. Is there another place that you are looking outside the map? > Thanks for your help, > Rebecca Laroche > Denver, CO > > On Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 8:08:54 AM UTC-7, Brandon wrote: > Brandon <[email protected]>: Nov 28 06:28PM -0700 > > The Bonny Reservoir CBC will take place on Friday, 22 December, the > new compiler is Norm Erthal. His contact info is now on the CBC > Website. > > > > -- > Brandon Percival > Colorado CBC Regional Editor > Pueblo West, CO > Back to top > "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk, Cherry Creek Res, (Arapahoe Co) > ROBERT RIGHTER <[email protected]>: Nov 28 02:47PM -0700 > > Hi all > > On the westside of the reservoir, near the rowing shack, an, all black buteo, > (not showing any brown tones to the body) was flying back and forth close to > the water. When the hawk banked the upper tail was clearly white, washed with > some black smudging along the outer upper tail. Also in flight the white > under wing feathers, dramatically contrasted with the rest of the black body. > In short I was fortunate to have experience a field guide view of a > "Harlan’s” Hawk, now a distinctive race to the Red-tailed Hawk. > > The Harlan’s Hawk was discovered by Audubon near St. Francisville, Louisiana > sometime close to 1831. He thought the hawk was a new species and initially > named it the "Black Warrior” in honor of his friend Richard Harlan. Audubon > was very excited about his new find and in his letter to Harlan he described > the hawk’s distinctive features, but finished the letter with "I’ll skin it > soon.” !! > > Richard Harlan was a close friend to Audubon. He helped finance several of > Audubon’s expeditions as well as purchasing the excess specimens from the > Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science from John Kirk Townsend’s western > expedition. Many of those purchased specimens turned out to be new species, > which Audubon then used as models for his magnificent Birds of America. > > Bob Righter > Denver CO > Back to top > Yard High Counts (scrub jays & towhees) - Arapahoe > Jared Del Rosso <[email protected]>: Nov 28 06:53AM -0800 > > Yesterday morning (11/27), I was joined by a dozen magpies, four Spotted > Towhees, three flickers, and three scrub jays in my west Centennial yard > (Arapahoe). The scrub jay number was a high count for me in the county. > > This morning, the towhees outdid themselves. Five foraged for millet near my > feeders. I've had this many in my yard before, but not in a while. I counted > two males, two females, and one too deep in the brush to figure. About a > dozen magpies, too, which perched in my neighbors' trees, ominously watching > over my empty platform feeder. I dropped a handful of peanuts in there for > them, and they had the feeder empty again within a minute or two. > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, CO > Back to top > Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 28 November 2017 > Joyce Takamine <[email protected]>: Nov 28 04:14AM -0700 > > Compiler: Joyce Takamine > e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org > Date: November 28, 2017 > > This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, November 28 sponsored by Denver > Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. > > Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) > NOTE: The RBA is now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families > has changed. > > Greater White-fronted Goose (El Paso, *Jefferson, Larimer, Phillips) > BRANT (*Douglas) > Cackling Goose (Pueblo) > Mute Swan (Larimer) > Tundra Swan (Adams, *Park, Weld) > Greater Scaup (Jefferson, Weld) > Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson, Park, Routt) > White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, Park, Pueblo, Routt) > Black Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson) > Long-tailed Duck (Crowley, *Mesa, Park) > Barrow’s Goldeneye (Park ,Pueblo, Routt) > Red-necked Grebe (Park, Pueblo) > Greater Roadrunner (El Paso, Montezuma) > Sandhill Crane (Delta, El Paso) > Black-bellied Plover (Bent) > Sanderling (Pueblo) > Spotted Sandpiper > Greater Yellowlegs (Douglas, Moffat) > Mew Gull (Pueblo) > Iceland Gull (Kiowa, Pueblo) > GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Larimer) > Glaucous Gull (Bent) > Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo) > Pacific Loon (Park, Weld) > Great Egret (*Delta, Jefferson) > Osprey (Adams) > Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson) > SNOWY OWL (Morgan) > Hammond’s Flycatcher (Boulder) > Black Phoebe (Mesa) > Eastern Phoebe (Morgan) > Steller’s Jay (Arapahoe, *Baca) > Chichuahuan Raven (El Paso) > Common Raven (Kiowa) > Mountain Chickadee (*Baca) > Pygmy Nuthatch (Morgan, Phillips) > Carolina Wren (*Pueblo) > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Adams, Mesa, Montrose) > Eastern Bluebird (Adams, Denver) > Bohemian Waxwing (Larimer) > American Pipit (Pueblo) > Evening Grosbeak (Morgan) > Common Redpoll (Boulder, Jefferson) > Cassin’s Finch (Otero) > Red Crossbill (Larimer, Otero, *Pueblo, Weld) > Lapland Longspur (Bent, Kiowa, Larimer, Lincoln, Park, Pueblo) > Snow Bunting (Park) > Chipping Sparrow (Pueblo) > Lincoln’s Sparrow (Jefferson, Mesa, Otero) > Swamp Sparrow (Arapahoe) > White-throated Sparrow (Mesa, Otero, San Miguel) > Harris’s Sparrow (Boulder, Larimer) > Black-and-white Warbler (Larimer) > Nashville Warbler (Boulder) > Common Yellowthroat (Broomfield, Weld) > Yellow Warbler (Mesa) > Chestnut-sided Warbler (Pueblo) > Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo) > Western Tanager (*Mesa) > > ADAMS COUNTY: > ---On November 12 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby, Bruce Snyder > reported Tundra Swan. On November 15 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower > Derby Lake, Sara Leavesley and Eric DeFonso reported Tundra Swan. On > November 17 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, Gwen Moore > reported Tundra Swan. On November 18 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower > Derby Lake, Tundra Swan was reported by Myron Gerhard, Candice Johnson, > Eddie Kasper, Riley and Heather Morris and Pablo Quezada. On November 19 > at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, Tundra Swan was reported by > Ginny Bergstrom, John Cobb, Michael Lamson, Rebecca Laroche, Meg and > Richard Reck; John Cobb and Micahel Lamson reported Greater Yellowlegs; > Michael Lamson reported Osprey. > ---On November 20 at Rocky Mounntain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, Tundra > Swan was reported by Monday Birds, Diane Roberts, and Jared Kidder. > ---On November 23 at First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, John > Brietsch reported 5 Eastern Bluebirds. > ---On November 25 at South Platte River 74th Ave area, Brian Tavernia > reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. > > ARAPAHOE COUNTY: > ---On November 20 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported > Steller’s Jay. > ---On November 22 at Aurora Reservoir, David Dowell reported 2 Surf > Scoters, 2 White-winged Scoters and Black Scoter. > ---On November 26 at Ketring Park and Lake, Jared Del Rosso reported Swamp > Sparrow. > > BACA COUNTY: > ---On November 27 at Cottonwood Canyon Southern Loop, Jill Smith reported > Steller’s Jay and Mountain Chickadees. > > BENT COUNTY: > ---On November 24 at John Martin Reservoir, Duane Nelson reported imm > Glaucous Gull. > ---On November 26 at Adobe Creek Reservoir (Blue Lake), Cheryl Teuton and > Dan Brooke reported Black-bellied Plover and 2 Lapland Longspurs. > > BOULDER COUNTY: > ---On November 18 at Twin Lakes, Todd Deininger, Peter Gent, Aaron Yappert, > David Dowell, Peter Burke, Christain Nunes, and Leslie S reported Nashville > Warbler. On November 19 at Twin Lakes, Jeff Parks reported Hammond’s > Flycatcher and Nashville Warbler; John Malenich and Willem Van Vliet > reported Hammond’s Flycatcher. On November 20 at Twin Lakes, Leslie S > reported Nashville Warbler and Hammond’s Flycatcher; John Malenich reported > Hammond’s Flycatcher. On November 21 at Twin Lakes, John Vanderpoel > reported Hammond’s Flycatcher. On November 23 at Twin Lakes, Ginny > Bergstrom reported Hammond’s Flycatcher. On November 26 at Twin Lakes, > Leslie S reported Hammond’s Flycatcher. > ---On November 23 at Boulder Reservoir, Earl Johnson reported Common > Redpoll. > ---On November 24 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Luke Pheneger reported Harris’s > Sparrow was seen on the Great Boulder Caper. On November 25 at Walden > Ponds, Tim Mitzen reported 2 Harris’s Sparrows. On November 26 at Walden > Ponds, Candice Johnson reported 2 Harris’s Sparrows. > > BROOMFIELD COUNTY: > ---On November 25 at Brunner Reservoir, David Ely reported Common > Yellowthroat. > ---On November 26 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofedtz reported Common > Yellowthroat. > > CROWLEY COUNTY: > ---On November 26 at Lake Nery, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported > Long-tailed Duck. > > DELTA COUNTY: > ---On November 12 on G50 Road W of Delta, Betty Fenton reported Great > Egret. On November 13 on G50 Rd, Rick Harner reported Great Egret. On > November 19 on G50 Road, Dennis Garrison reported Great Egret and thousands > of Sandhill Cranes. On November 21 on G50 Road, Betty Fenton reported > Great Egret and 400 Sandhill Cranes. On November 23 on G50 Road, Mike > Henwood reported Great Egret. On November 24 at G50 Road, Mike Henwood > reported Great Egret and 2000 Sandhill Cranes. On November 27 at G50 Road, > Rick Harner reported Great Egret. > > DENVER COUNTY: > ---On November 23 at First Creek at DEN Open Space, John Brietsch reported > Eastern Bluebird. > > DOUGLAS COUNTY: > ---On November 11 at Bar CCC Park, Cheri Phillips reported BRANT. On > November 23 at Bar CCC Park, John Haycrafter reported BRANT. > On November 24 at Bar CCC Park , Tim Ryan, Amy Davis, Alec and Bill Hopping > reported BRANT. On November 25 at Bar CCC Park, Phil Lyon and Mattew > Wistrand reported BRANT. On November 26 at Bar CCC Park, Kevin Ash > reported BRANT. On November 27 at Bar CCC Park, Tim Ryan, Anna Troth, and > Greeg Goodrich reported BRANT. > ---On November 27 at Chatfield SP Handicapped Fisherman Platform, Kathryn > Schuter and Norm Lewis reported Spotted Sandpiper. > > EL PASO COUNTY: > ---On November 25 at Clear Spring Ranch, Diane Roberts reported 3 Sandhill > Cranes. > ---On November 25 at Prospect Lake Memorial Park, Steve Getty reported > Greater White-fronted Goose. > ---On November 26 on Hanover Road, Tim Leppek reported Greater Roadrunner. > ---On November 26 at Midway Landfill, Art Hudak and Mark Chavez reported 5 > Chihuahuan Ravens. > > JEFFERSON COUNTY: > ---On November 22 at Belmar Park, Chris Gilbert reported Greater > White-fronted Goose and Greater Scaup. On November 27 at Belmar Park, > Frank Farrell reported 2 Greater White-fronted Geese. > ---On November 22 at Clement Park and Johnson Reservoir, Brian Johnson > reported Greater White-fronted Goose. On November 24 at Clement Park and > Johnson Reservoir, Christopher Warneke reported Greater White-fronted > Goose. On November 26 at Clement Park and Johnson Reservoir, Betty Glass > and Bruce Snyder reported Greater White-fronted Goose and Brue Snyder > reported Great Egret. > ---On November 22 at South Platte Reservoir, Betty Glass reported Surf > Scoter. > ---On November 21 at Prospect Park Tabor Lake, Bruce Snyder, Mark Chavez, > and Aaron Shipe reported f Black Scoter. On November 22 at Wheat Ridge > Greenbelt Tabor Lake, Bill Kaempfer and many other birders reported Black > Scoter. On November 23 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt Tabor Lake, Todd Deininger > and many other birders reported Black Scoter. > ---On November 23 at Waterton Canyon upstream from overhead pipes, Brian > Johnson reported Osprey. > ---On November 23 at Hutchison Park in Lakewood, Timo Mitzen and Lindsay > Purifoy reported Common Redpoll. > ---On November 25 at Chatfield SP, Joey Kellner and several other birders > reported 3 Greater White-fronted Geese. > > KIOWA COUNTY: > ---On November 26 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke > reported 2 Common Raven and 34 Lapland Longspurs. > > LARIMER COUNTY: > ---On November 21 in Rocky Mountain NP Bear Lake area, Sue Riffe reported > 22 Bohemian Waxwings. > ---On November 21 at Boyd Lake, David Dowelll reported 1st cyc > GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. > ---On November 21 at Lake Loveland, Gary Lefko reported Greater > White-fronted Goose. > ---On November 23 at Rocky Mountain NP Trail Ridge Road, Joshua Smith > reported 1 Red Crossbill Type 4 and 1 Red Crossbill Type 2. > ---On November 24 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area Rigden Reservoir, Josh > Bruening, David Wade, and Robert Beauchamp reported Mute Swan. > ---On November 25 at Environmental Learning Center in Fort Collins, Damion > Strommer reported Black-and-White Warbler off the parking lot. On November > 26 at Envorinmental Learning Center, Nick Komar and many other birders > reported Black-and-White Warbler. > ---On November 26 at Rawhide Energy Station/Hamilton Reservoir, Josh > Burening, Nick Komar, and Austin Hess reported Lapland Longspurs. > > LINCOLN COUNTY: > ---On November 24 at Hugo State WA, Chris Goulart reported 60 Lapland > Longspurs. > > MESA COUNTY: > ---On November 16 at Grand Junction WA, Katey Buster and Mike Henwood > reported White-throated Sparrow and Lincoln’s Sparrow. On November 21 at > Grand Junction WA, Carol Ortenzio reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. > ---On November 23 in town of Gateway, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright > reported Western Tanager. On November 25 in Gateway, Coen Dexter and > Brenda Wright reported Black Phoebe and Western Tanager. > ---On November 23 at Whitewater Ponds, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright > reported Long-tailed Duck. On November 26 at Whitewater Ponds, Denise and > Mark Vollmar and Ronda Woodward reported Long-tailed Duck. On November 27 > at Whitewater ponds, Mike Henwood and Betty Fenton reported Long-tailed > Duck. > > MOFFAT COUNTY: > ---On November 26 at Moffat County Rd Dept ponds, Jan Leonard reported 3 > Greater Yellowlegs. > > MONTEZUMA COUNTY: > ---On November 25 in Mancos, Vicki Noland reported Greater Roadrunner. > > MONTROSE COUNTY: > ---On November 21 at Paradox West Pond, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter > reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. > > MORGAN COUNTY: > ---On November 25 at Riverside Park, I-76 east of Hwy 42 exit 80, several > birders (Lauren Migalski, Hannah Crowley, Anne Price, David Dowell, and > Steve Rash) reported SNOWY OWL on a light pole next to the highway. > ---On November 26 at CR 144 Bridge over Bijou Creek, Myron Gerhard reported > Evening Grosbeak. > > OTERO COUNTY: > ---On November 22 at Plum Canyon, Stan Oswald reported 5 Cassin’s Finches > (1m, 4f) and 13 Red Crossbills. > > PARK COUNTY: > ---On November 18 at Elevenmile Reservoir, Nick Moore reported 9 Surf > Scoters, White-winged Scoter, Pacific Loon, 2 Lapland Longspurs and Snow > Bunting. On November 19 at Elevenmile Reservoir, Brandon Percival, Glenn > Walbek, and Mark Peterson reported 5 Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoter, > Long-tailed Duck, Pacific Loon, 2 Lapland Longspurs, and 2 Snow Bunting; > Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Surf Scoter, 2 White-winged Scoters, 4 Barrow’s > Goldeneyes, 2 Pacific Loon, 14 Lapland Longspurs, Snow Bunting. On > November 22 at Elevenmile Reservoir, David Tonnessen reported f Long-tailed > Ducks, 2 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. > ---On November 18 at Antero Reservoir, Nick Moore reported 21 Tundra > Swans. On November 19 at Antero Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 21 > Tundra Swans. On November 25 at Antero Reservoir, Ryan and Jack Bushong > reported 25 tundra Swans and 3 Red-necked Grebes. On November 27 at Antero > Reervoir, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported 21 Tundra Swans. > > PHILLIPS COUNTY: > ---On November 25 at Haxtun sewage ponds, Bill Kaempfer reported 21 Greater > White-fronted Geese. > > PUEBLO COUNTY: > ---On November 19 at Pueblo City Park, Mark Yaeger reported Yellow-throated > Warbler. On November 20 at Pueblo City Park, Brandon Percival reported > Yellow-throated Warbler. On November 26 at Pueblo City Park, Steve > Mlodinow reported Yellow-throated Warbler and Chipping Sparrow. On > November 27 at Pueblo City Park, Monday Birders reported Yellow-throated > Warbler and 4 Red Crossbills. > ---On November 20 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina, Brandon Percival > reported Great Black-backed Gull and juv Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull. On > November 25 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina, Ira Sanders reported 2 > Red-necked Grebes, Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull, and Great-Black-backed Gull; > Steve Mlodinow reported Mew Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, American Pipit, > and 3 Lapland Longspurs. On November 26 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon > Percival reported Great Black-backed Gull. On November 27 at Pueblo > Reservoir south shore marina tires, Monday Birders reported Great > Black-backed Gull. > ---On November 21 and 22 Dave Silverman reported f-type White-winged Scoter > at Lake Beckwith. On November 24 at Lake Beckwith, Dave Silverman reported > that the White-winged Scoter continues. > ---On November 25 at Arkansas River Trail Reservoir Road to train bridge, > Paul Hurtado reported 2 Barrow’s Goldeneyes and Chestnut-sided Warbler; Van > Truan reported on trail east of Pueblo Blvd, 2 Barrow’s Goldeneyes, > Carolina Wren, and Chestnut-sided Warbler; Steve Mlodinow reported > Chestnut-sided Warbler. On November 27 on Arkansas River Trail east of > Pueblo Blvd, Monday Birders reported Carolina Wren. > > > > > > > > > > > ROUTT COUNTY: > ---On November 24 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Riley Morris reported Surf > Scoter, White-winged Scoter, and 4 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. On November 25 at > Stagecoach Reservoir, Katie Week reported 2 White-winged Scoters and Surf > Scoter. > > SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: > ---On November 26 on Cuntry Club Drive in Telluride, Eric Hynes reported > White-throated Sparrow. > > WELD COUNTY: > ---On November 21 at Glenmere Park in Greeley, Steve Mlodinow reported 32 > Red Crossbills. On November 22 at Glenmere Park, Todd Deininger reported 6 > Red Crossbills. > ---On November 21 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Pacific Loon > and Common Yellowthroat. On November 23 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow > reported Pacific Loon. On November 24 at Union Reservoir, Norm Lewis and > Steve Mlodinow reported Pacific Loon. On November 25 at Union Reservoir, > Matthew Wistrand reported Pacific Loon. On November 26 at Union Reservoir, > Mark Amershek reported Pacific Loon. > ---On Novmeber 23 at LUNA Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Tundra > Swans. On November 24 at LUNA Reservoir, Joe Mammoser reported Greater > Scaup. > > DFO Field Trip: > The DFO Field Trip for Friday, December 1 will be Annual Barrow’s Goldeneye > Count to Silverthorne led by Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net; > 303-442-3728). > Meet at 00720 at the RTD Park-n-Ride located at Union Blvd and W 2nd > Place. From US 6 go south to the second stoplight. Turn left and proceed > toward the end of W 2nd Place. Look for the group at the SE corner of > Park-n-Ride lot. > We will count Barrow’s Goldeneyes and other birds at the Silverthorne > water treatment plant and then drive to Holt Sulphur Springs > (rosy-finches), Lake Granby, Shaow Mountain Lake, and Grand Lake. Spotting > scopes, Binoculars, and 2-way radios will be useful. Dress for cold, windy > weather. Insulated, wind-proof leg coverings and warm boots are > recommended. Bring water and snacks; > Back to top > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. > You can change your settings on the group membership page. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected]. -- 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/7EA64D4D-E694-40E3-ABB5-324E674CE0BC%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
