The Denver CBC has been executed every year since 1954.66 years running now!
Upon the completion of our initial tally we found we had 99 species! Add to
that, two "Count Week" birds brings the number to 101. Several Count Areas
have not reported in and feeder watchers typically add a bird or three.
Not a bad count!
Several "good" birds were seen on Count Day including:
Varied Thrush, White-winged Scoter, Pacific Loon, Western Grebe, American
Pipit, Long-tailed Duck, Trumpeter Swan, Mountain and Eastern Bluebird,
Lapland Longspur, Say's Phoebe, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Rusty
Blackbird! A nice mix of GREAT CBC birds!
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
The Denver CBC also added a new species to their cumulative total of 201
species! That's right, even at 66 years we are still adding species. This
year a LEAST SANDPIPER was seen and photographed below the dam at Chatfield
Reservoir along the low-water, rocky South Platte "River"! This bring the
cumulative total to 202 species of birds!
Thank you to all that came out and spent time in the field counting common
as well as unusual birds all day. A special thank you to all 24 Count Area
Leaders and the DFO Trip Leaders that helped the Denver CBC to start using
eBird for the entire CBC. What a journey this year has been!
AND this is just the first day of the CBC season! I encourage everyone to
get out there and find a CBC to participate in.it's a great time!
Joey.
Joey Kellner
Compiler - Denver CBC
Littleton, Colorado
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