Folks- Yesterday saw the 76th running of the Boulder Christmas Bird Count. We fielded 32 teams who for now have reported 108 species for the day (plus 3 count-week additions.) There are a few teams that I haven't heard back from yet so I'm still hoping a CW species or two might upgrade to count-day status or that another unaccounted-for bird comes in.
We added three new species to our all-time list- Say's Phoebe (which previously had been recorded on count week), Pacific Loon (2 birds, one each on Valmont & Boulder Reservoirs), and Hammond's Flycatcher (the second recorded on a Colorado CBC.) Other rarities for the Boulder Count were Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (seen on 1 prior count), White-winged Dove (2 prior), Red-necked Grebe (three birds on Valmont Res) & Common Yellowthroat (3 prior), Common Loon & House Wren (4 prior), Greater Scaup (5 prior), Ross's Goose (6 prior), and Fox Sparrow (10 prior and perhaps our first Slate-colored ssp.) Undoubtedly the run of mild weather contributed to many of these unusual birds lasting through the count, and almost all of the water in our circle was still unfrozen. We'll likely see big changes on future colder counts as the Valmont Power Plant is now decommissioned and will no longer circulate warm water in the Valmont Reservoir complex. Thanks to the territory leaders, participants, and feeder-watchers for your bird-finding talents and to the amazing crew who organized and set up our compilation potluck! -Bill Schmoker, Boulder CBC Compiler -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Bill Schmoker [email protected] http://schmoker.org http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/us-arctic-geotraces <720/201-5749 <(720)%20201-5749>> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ -- 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/CAL-wM9Y6kXZbC7rBJ5ygAEw2majsiCAjoDUwwn%2BApZMdyYRouQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
