Hi Tom! Is there a google sheet with the totals like there were from the compilation last year? I have friends and family curious to know what I was up to all that time ;) *The birds are happy, and so am I*
*~Caleb Alons, Larimer County* On Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 10:44:14 AM UTC-7 Tom Hall, Fort Collins wrote: > The Fort Collins Christmas Bird COunt was held Dec. 19th. We had a great > day with 93 participants despite the new Covid rules, which were followed. > We got 100 species, which has only been done a couple times. Rarities > included 5 Trumpeter swans, two Red-breasted Mergansers, a late Turkey > Vulture, a Sora, five Eastern Bluebirds, a Vesper Sparrow, and a Lincoln's > Sparrow. High counts were recorded for the swans, Wild Turkeys (increasing > greatly along Front Range), Black-capped Chickadees aqnd Pygmy Nuthatches. > Rough-legged (1) and Ferruginous (cw) Hawks, which is much lower than > normal. Coots were low at 1 and Ring-necked Pheasants, a once common bird, > was absent for at lleast the last 6 years. Colorado's wildfires likely > helped counts of mountain birds, especially many more than normal being > seen in Fort Collins, which is abnormal. It turned out to be a great count > and I appreciate everyone's hard efforts. > > Tom Hall > Fort Collins > -- 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/9ed02f22-963f-4b63-8de1-aa081555d4ccn%40googlegroups.com.
