Birders The Barr Lake SP birders also had a blue morph Ross's this morning along w/ 3 Sandhill Cranes standing on the sand and 5 WF Geese near the banding station. We had 5 species of goose. The DFO trip leaders training group had a Common Loon and 2 LB Dowitchers. There is also a rufous morph RT Hawk hanging around Barr Lake. Ira Sanders Golden
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 3:03 PM Joe Roller <[email protected]> wrote: > Way to go, Steven! > > (Gentle readers, consider filing this note in your "there he goes again" > section). > > Vanderbilt Lake is an under-birded hotspot in the underbelly of Denver > County. > IF you have never seen a Blue Morph Ross's Goose, I'd urge you to look for > one there. You might have to walk > all of 20 feet from your parking spot to see the pond. > As most of you know, Blue Morph Ross's Goose is not common in Colorado. > I first learned that factoid from a mentor, Joe Himmel, who in his time > looked at a *lot *of geese in the Greeley area over many years, > never seeing one... until he did! > Joe was excited when he found his first Blue Morph Ross's in the early > 90's. > (Might have been on Carbody Lake? Cant even find that on a map of North > Greeley today). > > I consider myself lucky to have seen a Blue Ross's here and there, each > time fondly remembering Joe. The most memorable sighting was of > a half dozen in a pure flock of 200+ Ross's (NO Snow Geese among them) at > THE playa at Phillips CR s 2 & 29 aka Lake Linfield, aka, Peterson's Playa > on the Phillips-Yuma County border. > > Reminiscing is great, just have to indulge in it some days. Joe Himmel was > the first recipient of CFO's coveted Lifetime Achievement Award. > In fact Tony Leukering conceived of the award in 2007 when it seemed to be > a great way to honor Joe, the first recipient. > > Joe Roller, Denver > > > On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 1:55 PM Steven Rash <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My girlfriend spotted what she thought looked like a Ross’s Goose at >> Vanderbilt Lake in Denver. I was able to stop by on my way home from work >> to find that it was indeed a BLUE MORPH version of Ross’s which is kinda >> cool. Can be seen well, mixed in with a large gaggle of cacklers on this >> little lake that has good birds from time to time. >> >> Have to say this is my first Ross’s here. >> >> Happy birding, >> >> Steve Rash >> Denver, 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/e00fdac4-f4c3-4bb6-835b-c90120cb7bcc%40googlegroups.com >> . >> > -- > 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/CAJpZcUCNWoxfZP4tz%2BBYF-BvPOYfghRT4d4L8c4hdpr_A%3DoJtw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUCNWoxfZP4tz%2BBYF-BvPOYfghRT4d4L8c4hdpr_A%3DoJtw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CABF3siH6G32aXLiy55ocxxP8_j8eZgLMqf%3DvJ2YNfWXrPd6yEg%40mail.gmail.com.
