Congratulations!
On Friday, September 27, 2019 at 9:37:21 PM UTC-6, Brian Johnson wrote: > > I started some time ago with ebird’s challenge of a full year of complete > bird checklist, and I kept going after that year. Many times, I had to make > due with a five-minute yard list before work, other times I would have a > great day trip or a long vacation. And there was some day that proved a > challenge. But today I hit a rather exiting number, 1,000 days of complete > checklist streak on ebird! Seeing this day coming I made plans and thought > of my favorite places to go bird watching, and take the day off if needed. > In the end I did not need to, fortunately the day fall on my off Friday. I > had a month ago settled on going to Barr Lake, always a favorite of mine. > > I found the bird activity to be rather quite for this > place, but I still had a fun day of wandering about and seeing what I could > find. I managed to pick out three Clark’s Grebes out of the remaining > Western Grebes, and I found a sparrow that might have been a Clay-Collared > but I am not sure on that. I have a few photos to go over to see, it’s > either a Clay-Collard or a Chipping Sparrow. I also found some > White-Crowned Sparrows, a sign of the changing seasons at this low > altitude. > > The biggest excitement I got was watching the resident Bald Eagle nest. > There was one adult on the nest, and when it left a Black-billed Magpie > landed in the nest to have a look. The eagle shortly returned and bombed > the nest, driving out the Magpie, but these birds are rather persistent and > returned, only to be driven out again. Despite the low activity it was a > fun day and a fun way to celebrate a rather devoted streak. I will keep it > going. > > > Good birding, > > Brian Johnson, > > Englewood 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/b705345c-4b99-47da-afbf-751402c48c77%40googlegroups.com.
