Trifectas always make for a good day of birding. As for CO trifectas, mergansers and Haemorhous finches are also possibilities. Not sure how plovers would work since CO gets 7 species regularly. Another term might be "grand slam" if it's more than a trifecta, ie all 4 regularly occurring Catharus thrushes, 4 longspurs, etc. For the aforementioned teal trifecta, would it be the 3 Spatula teals (BWTE, CITE, NSHO) or the 3 birds with teal in the name (BWTE, CITE, and Green-wings, which are closer to a Mallard than a Spatula teal)? We are one of the better states for diverse Corvid grand slam - has anyone scored 10 CO Corvids in a day? Colorado also can boast our pretty solid grouse grand slam. Looks like B. Gibbons and M. O'Brien led last year's VENT CO Grouse Tour to victory with 7 of 8 native chickens over a few days. Who's had the Accipiter trifecta? I hope to some day.
Thank goodness the migrants aren't on lockdown, Derek Hill Ft. Collins On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 2:46:26 PM UTC-6, Steven Rash wrote: > > Teals would be another one. Plovers too, easier if you count Killdeer. > Accipiter trifecta would be a hard one. Sage/brown/curve-billed thrasher > should be doable at Chico Basin Ranch, I think > grey-cheeked/swainsons/hermit/wood thrush have all occurred there at the > same time as well. Cassins/eastern/western kingbird at The Rocky Mountain > Arsenal is a definite possibility. I’d imagine it’s possible but really > unlikely to get all three sapsuckers in one place. Might be able to get > brewers/red-winged/rusty blackbird on a fall day at cherry creek. Fun to > think about though. > > 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/a9586adf-4325-4673-bbbf-17c2e1bc44a4%40googlegroups.com.
