I chased the reported Red-throated Loon at Marston with Doug Faulkner. We found no red-throated, but 6 common loons. Not 10 sec after Doug showed up, a COMMON REDPOLL flew over calling! I had been listening to calls in prep for trying to find one. Maybe it'll be a good year for them in the metro! Green Big Year bird #273. Then I picked out a young Ross's Goose amongst the hordes of Cackling for #274.
The redpoll flew east and we didn't relocate it. Yesterday, at Chatfield, I had 3 Pacific loons (all in Douglas County). Not much else on the water. I did see a NORTHERN SHRIKE trying to take down a Downy Woodpecker! That was AWESOME! At the N Boat Ramp, I flushed a Lapland Longspur, which called several times as it flew south and didn't appear to come back (Green BYB #272). Good green birding, Scott Somershoe Littleton 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 * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/CAJmtx%2BXzeRtxzVTFaVthDGgtMv%3DOvR6PnEV%3DiBc2ppSgOCDgHw%40mail.gmail.com.
