Townsend's Solitaire - 3 On Friday, January 3, 2020 at 8:51:03 AM UTC-7, The "Nunn Guy" wrote: > > Hi all > > Great weather for us out in Stoneham for this CBC. We had gracious and > appreciative hosts at the Pawnee Station Cafe in New Raymer. We promoted > the concept of Christmas Bird Counts to the locals and energy sector > workers, too. We also got to meet some of the local ranchers/farmers while > out in the field and some providing access to quality bird habitat which > most certainly increased our count efforts. The Horned Lark (and Lapland > Longspur) population are far greater in the east section of PNG versus the > west, tally for both here dominated what was seen on Nunn CBC. It was > mentioned by all whether on the count or en route to the count the lack of > overall raptor #s and species in area--there were plenty of food (birds and > prairie dogs) around and perching opportunity--but we got our fair share. > All teams had Lapland Longspur. Apparently, we drove right by a perched > Long-eared Owl that another team had just picked up when we crossed paths > :-( Overall, fun CBC had by all. About a half-day event for interested > participants next year. The crow was surprising (for me). > > First annual Pawnee National Grassland-East CBC birds: > > - Northern Harrier - 4 > - Rough-legged Hawk - 2 > - Ferruginous Hawk - 2 > - UNID buteo - 1 > - Long-eared Owl - 2 > - Prairie Falcon - 4 > - American Crow - 1 > - Horned Lark - 3,092 > - Townsend's Solitaire - 1 > - American Robin - 1 > - House Sparrow - 12 > - House Finch - 4 > - Lapland Longspur - 68 > - American Tree Sparrow - 1 > - Dark-eyed Junco - 16 > - Song Sparrow - 1 > - Golden Eagle - 1 > - Rock Pigeon - 9 > - Great Horned Owl - 1 > - Northern Shrike - 1 > > Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn > http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/ > >
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