Additions to my report on noteworthy birds from Sunday's Boulder CBC: - Mew Gull (seen at Boulder Res, 2 prior Boulder CBC records) - Mexican Mallard (Not a species-level addition but first record of this taxon for the count. Seen on access-restricted portion of Boulder Creek.)
Thanks again, Crew! -Bill Schmoker, Longmont On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Bill Schmoker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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>> > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > > -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Bill Schmoker [email protected] http://schmoker.org http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/us-arctic-geotraces <720/201-5749> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ -- 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-wM9ZXO2QihFksCTp%2BUA%3Dtam_UtrRhXRJYu7w6yufaLxub6Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
