A couple of Winters ago several CO birders myself included had an eight goose species grand slam Steve Larson Northglenn CO
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2020, at 6:18 PM, Derek Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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/04B81175-246F-4B72-8526-46B4D83FF6D3%40comcast.net.
