I stopped by Smith Reservoir for about a half an hour Friday afternoon on my way home from Monte Vista. My first visit to this spot (thank you Colorado County Birding, a great resource). I think I might have seen you, but you were in a discussion with another man, and I am shy about approaching strangers. I was the lady with the two little dogs. I was only able to take a quick scan of the lake and missed your highlights. I did enjoy seeing the group of Sandhill Cranes at the farm directly north of the Reservoir.
Crystal Wilson Englewood, Arapahoe County On Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 5:09:48 AM UTC-6, Ted Floyd wrote: > > Hello, everybody. > > I was at Smith Reservoir, Costilla County, yesterday afternoon, Friday, > March 16. This site is typically good for scaups at this time of the year, > and so it was yesterday. I saw at least 100 *Lesser Scaups;* I tallied > 109, but I bet there were more. Also 3 *Greater Scaups,* including a > striking drake. Speaking of striking drakes, the highlight was a *scaup x > Ring-necked Duck* hybrid, and I believe the scaup parent was a Greater. > Picture a Tufted Duck, but with a green head and no "tuft" to speak of. > Rounding out the genus *Aythya* were 3 *Ring-necked Ducks,* 2 > *Canvasbacks *and 50+ *Redheads* (54, to be exact). > > 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/fe705656-6445-4a01-98bb-29f30cd16d04%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
