Eight birders covered the Westcliffe CBC circle in Custer County yesterday, it was a nice day, weather wise, with recent snow cover throughout the circle.
41 species of birds were found on the count. Owling efforts at 4:30am produced 2 Northern Saw-whet Owls (new for the count) - it was 7 degrees at the time, and a Great Horned Owl. Some of the other highlights for this count: 2 Canada Goose, 3 Lewis's Woodpecker, 2 American Robins, 1 Pine Grosbeak, and 22 Evening Grosbeaks, these are the species that have been found less than 20 times for the count, according to the CBC Website. This count doesn't have a lot of birds usually, the most common birds this year were 267 Horned Larks, 168 House Sparrows, and 111 American Crows. It was nice to have 9 Rough-legged Hawks and 4 Brown-capped Rosy-Finches (sometimes there are a lot of rosy-finches around). Brandon Percival 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 * 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/CA%2BXeEuX9gWRXcML6gZMRHF%2B3WPUKOkqrBTW2fWu5H5nmWJ2kTw%40mail.gmail.com.
