Awesome!! Forensic CBC's.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 5:43 PM Charlie Chase <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Hugh > > Look to the area of the river with all the ducks and see if there is warm > water/or other fluids entering just above that point. There are numerous > stormwater inflows into the Platte along that stretch. I'll do more > research and see what i can find. > You see that in dramatic fashion at the Denver WasteWater Treatment plant > near 64th and York. > That said, as part of our count today, the Arsenal is mostly bone dry and > or was frozen today except a couple of the creeks. We found Common Snipe > and Virginia's Rails in the ditch just west of Lower Derby as we have the > last few years. A lone really cold Great Blue Heron flew into the marsh as > we were leaving. > > Cheers > > Charlie > > > > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 4:43 PM 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Urling & I surveyed the southern section of the South Platte on the >> Urban CBC today. A plethora of ducks! >> >> We counted 466 Shovelers, 225 Mallards, and, the best, 160 >> Buffleheads. 12 duck species. They included one striking male Barrow's >> Goldeneye, located just south of Florida Ave. >> >> One observation/question. Ducks packed the river from Florida south >> to Grant Frontier Park; north of Florida we saw only smaller groups. One >> section to the north had ice across it. So: why the difference? >> Could water quality of the river change there? >> Or does the water get colder than the ducks prefer? >> Or does something else affect their preferences? >> >> Hugh Kingery >> >> -- >> -- >> 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/1318464605.1285487.1641426224770%40mail.yahoo.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1318464605.1285487.1641426224770%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- 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%2BBAsdvsBnuD2UOCLBAjDx3Dn1GYxZQVKg5xM_UK%2Bv%3DD5t4HnA%40mail.gmail.com.
