I wonder if one of these birds was the Ross's Goose I saw over my house not far from Union Reservoir just after 5:00 PM Wednesday, after the snow stopped? It was with a mixed flock of about 30 Canada Geese and 30 Cackling Geese struggling to make their way north against the high winds (and only succeeding in going east to west for a minute or two...then swinging back west to east).
Sarah Spotten Longmont, CO On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 12:37:41 PM UTC-6, Jay Hutchins wrote: > > I braved the wind and snow this morning around 9 am and headed out to Jim > Hamm Nature Area and Union Reservoir (Longmont). Yeah....nope. Winds were > 30 mph + so didn't last too long. About 700-800 ducks on Jim Hamm (mostly > Redheads), 2 Canvasbacks, 4 Hooded Mergansers and Great Blue Heron staying > low in the reeds. Drove the road on the north side of Union and saw 4 > Green-winged Teal and surprise! 5 Ross's Geese (one dark adult) hunkered > down on the mud flats. Pretty nasty weather today. > > Jay Hutchins > Longmont, CO > -- 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/6973b70d-ddd7-40d6-ad23-14c36aa48aa2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
