Hi all Al Levantin, Tom McConnell and I enjoyed a day birding some in Delta County yesterday, mainly around Delta itself. We saw 50 or so species there, plus a couple more in Garfield Temperature ranged from a chilly -6F (-21C) along Muddy Creek by 133 east of Paonia, to 43F (+6C) around Delta in the afternoon sunshine
Some highlights included HARRIS’S SPARROW just south of Hotchkiss in scrub on east side of 3400Rd at 38.785105, -107.724793, just south of the electric station along with 12 or so Song Sparrows 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE Delta on the pond north of G50 Rd, opposite Escalante Wildlife area at 38.749495, -108.144138 SANDHILL CRANE approx 2,500 – 3,000 Delta by G50 road, west of the Gunnison Bridge, also 28 at FRUITGROWERS RESERVOIR At least 25 CACKLING GEESE Delta Confluence Park (most any of us have ever seen anywhere in Western Colorado), as well as a couple of thousand Canada Geese, 48 Common Mergansers, but zero Snow or Ross’s Geese Adult Ring-billed Gull Sweitzer Lake, plus at least 1,000 Canada Geese and 35+ Common Mergansers Chukar and several Western Bluebirds in Escalante Canyon, south of the Gunnison river, but zero Black Phoebes in that area PLUS at the end of the day 88 BARROW’S GOLDENEYES, Carbondale, Garfield County, on the pond viewed by looking southwest across the Roaring Fork from Satank Road, by hwy 82 Best regards Dick Filby Carbondale, 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/VI1PR10MB1598D1F5ED5A7F2D53754AE4B2E80%40VI1PR10MB1598.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
