Hey, everybody. No rarities to report, but that doesn't mean the birding wasn't good at Waneka Lake & environs, eastern Boulder County, yesterday, Thurs., Jan. 17. Highlights for me were 1 *Taverner cackling goose,* 1 apparent *snow goose x Canada goose* hybrid (and I would venture "blue" goose x "Lesser" Canada, but that's getting deep in the thickets), 3 *wood ducks,* 1 aberrant *mallard* that I think was "just" a domestic; all three mergansers, including some intense and insane-looking second-year male *hooded mergansers,* 3 *bald eagles;* 2 *bushtits,* perhaps a pair prospecting for nest sites; 1 *Townsend solitaire;* and 1 *spotted towhee.*
Here's my eBird checklist for the outing: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51779861 Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, 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/8445d42e-6bb5-4b1c-8ea8-cec7c816d170%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
