The Loveland Christmas Bird Count was held on January 1, starting the New Year off right!
- We reported 99 species on count day, three more during count week (Red-breasted Merganser, Horned Grebe, Eastern Phoebe). We had 81 volunteers out walking/hiking/driving/watching, including feeder watchers. - All-time high counts were recorded for Cassin’s Finches (233), Evening Grosbeaks (97), Townsend’s Solitaires (137), and Pinyon Jays (66). We usually get a few of the finches; we had not reported a single Evening Grosbeak or Pinyon Jay since 2018. - We had 81 Bohemian Waxwings, but not the high by a long shot. In 2008 we had 1390 Bohemian Waxwings, and we haven’t recorded a single one since on a CBC. - We had 3 Rusty Blackbirds; a few were previously recorded in 2011. - This was NOT a high count for American Robins. The all-time high was 2518 in 2020. Our total this year was 1970. - New birds to our CBC this year were Pacific Loon and Eastern Phoebe, making our total species count over the last 23 years 177. - We had ZERO Killdeers, unusual. Denise Bretting Nick Komar Co-compilers -- -- 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/4afc8ca2-4ae8-47e2-bf0b-ecf42e24c0a1n%40googlegroups.com.
