Nice list and sounded like fun in spite of weather!
On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 8:28:29 PM UTC-6, Joey Kellner wrote: > Thirteen hardy souls participated through the course of the day. 17-25F, > snowy on and off, steam on the water on and off, windy and calm. Wow! > Was the weather finicky! A BIG “THANK YOU” to Colorado Parks & Wildlife > for bringing us hot coffee, donuts and even hot pizza for lunch!!!! Thank > you SO much! > > > > In the past, bad weather has brought the most species on the Big Sit, with > two years with bad weather each having 72 species. This year…75 > species!! Wow! > > > > None of the participants expected this many after the first half of the > day with such nasty weather. Highlights were Sabine’s, Bonaparte’s and > Franklin’s Gulls, multiple flocks of cranes throughout the day totaling 555 > individuals, Surf Scoter, Baird’s and Pectoral Sandpipers, and two Common > Loons. > > > > We ran an eBird checklist every hour (so have 12 checklists for the day). > Total species list is below. > > > > Cackling Goose > > Canada Goose > > Wood Duck > > Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal > > Northern Shoveler > > Gadwall > > American Wigeon > > Mallard > > Northern Pintail > > Green-winged Teal > > Ring-necked Duck > > Lesser Scaup > > Surf Scoter > > Bufflehead > > Common Merganser > > Ruddy Duck > > Pied-billed Grebe > > Horned Grebe > > Eared Grebe > > Western Grebe > > Mourning Dove > > American Coot > > Sandhill Crane > > Killdeer > > Baird's Sandpiper > > Pectoral Sandpiper > > Wilson's Snipe > > Greater Yellowlegs > > Sabine's Gull > > Bonaparte's Gull > > Franklin's Gull > > Ring-billed Gull > > California Gull > > Herring Gull > > Common Loon > > Double-crested Cormorant > > American White Pelican > > Great Blue Heron > > Osprey > > Northern Harrier > > Cooper's Hawk > > Bald Eagle > > Red-tailed Hawk > > Great Horned Owl > > Belted Kingfisher > > Downy Woodpecker > > Northern Flicker > > American Kestrel > > Merlin > > Prairie Falcon > > Black-billed Magpie > > American Crow > > Common Raven > > Horned Lark > > Barn Swallow > > Black-capped Chickadee > > White-breasted Nuthatch > > Western Bluebird > > Mountain Bluebird > > Townsend's Solitaire > > Hermit Thrush > > American Robin > > American Pipit > > House Finch > > Lesser Goldfinch > > American Goldfinch > > Chipping Sparrow > > Dark-eyed Junco > > White-crowned Sparrow > > Song Sparrow > > Spotted Towhee > > Western Meadowlark > > Red-winged Blackbird > > Brewer's Blackbird > > Yellow-rumped Warbler > > > > > > Joey Kellner > > Littleton, Colorado > > > -- 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/6819f748-f2b7-43f5-9513-3bd4bc26cacf%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
