Since a few people were asking what were the highlights for this past winter's Colorado Christmas Bird Counts.
Here is a quick report. The species total for the 49 Colorado CBCs is 199 species on count day, plus six count week species. There are many other highlights, that I will summarize in my Annual Summary, for Colorado CBCs. Here are the countable species that were only found on 1 of the 49 Colorado CBC (count day species) this past winter: Black Scoter (Durango CBC) Greater Sage-Grouse (Granby) Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Gunnison) Greater Prairie-Chicken (Bonny Reservoir) Red-throated Loon (Pueblo Reservoir) Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo Reservoir) Black-crowned Night-Heron (Denver (Urban) Osprey (Hotchkiss) Mew Gull (Pueblo Reservoir) Glaucous-winged Gull (Loveland) Greater Roadrunner (Pueblo Reservoir) Williamson's Sapsucker (Pueblo) Eastern Phoebe (Fort Collins) Carolina Wren (John Martin Reservoir) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Grand Junction) Wood Thrush (Pueblo) Varied Thrush (North Jeff Co) Gray Catbird (Rocky Ford) Sage Thrasher (Hotchkiss) Bohemian Waxwing (Steamboat Springs) Snow Bunting (Granby) Orange-crowned Warbler (Grand Junction) Common Yellowthroat (Boulder) Pine Warbler (Longmont) Field Sparrow (Colorado Springs) Fox Sparrow - Sooty (Boulder) Fox Sparrow - Slate-colored (Roaring Fork River Valley) Golden-crowned Sparrow (Grand Junction) Yellow-headed Blackbird (John Martin Reservoir) Rusty Blackbird (John Martin Reservoir) Purple Finch (John Martin Reservoir) Here are the Count Week only species: Eurasian Wigeon (Penrose) White-tailed Ptarmigan (Aspen) Yellow-billed Loon (John Martin Reservoir) Clark's Grebe (Pueblo Reservoir) Dunlin (Loveland) Clay-colored Sparrow (Longmont) Fox Sparrow - Red (John Martin Reservoir) Brandon Percival Colorado CBC Regional Editor Pueblo West, CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate --- 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/CA%2BXeEuWXOj%2BUmQ3t7zuwsKrKT-e58GKfoUK1Ato50to9nq6Mig%40mail.gmail.com.
