Wow! That was actually a LOT of birds! 33,914? Amazing! Especially the number of Bald Eagles. 🦅 Nice job everyone! Cinnamon Bergeron
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 2:15 PM Colin Woolley < [email protected]> wrote: > We held our Barr Lake CBC on Jan 2nd. It was a cold, foggy morning with > limited visibility, but at least it wasn't snowing during the count! All > things considered, we had a great day and were able to see plenty of birds > despite the challenging weather (we couldn't even see Barr Lake for most of > the count!). > > - We had 23 participants divided among 9 groups. > - We tallied 33,914 individual birds of 69 species. We average about > 70 species so it was great to be right about at the average, despite the > weather conditions. > - About 75% of those individuals were Cackling or Canada Geese, or > European Starlings, again pretty typical for this count circle. > - We had one new species for the count circle, a Golden-crowned > Sparrow! > - We had an all-time high of 476 American Robin, more than the first > 20 years of this count circle *combined *(1981-2000)*.* > - Raptors were low across the board, particularly Great Horned Owls > with just one seen, tied for lowest (1991). This was likely driven by the > low visibility than anything else. > - We saw 72 Bald Eagles, considering the limited visibility this was > higher than expected! > > Thanks to all who participated in this count, we hope to see you again > next year and we're always welcome to new participants as well! > > Cheers, > Colin Woolley > Bird Conservancy of the Rockies > Barr Lake CBC Compiler > > -- > -- > 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/712e9759-3245-47ca-98ca-653f64254274n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/712e9759-3245-47ca-98ca-653f64254274n%40googlegroups.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/CANESPG%3DuL2qoK%2BjvOBtUG%2Bn3bYn%2BChR9nTA4tKeybrs9ue64mg%40mail.gmail.com.
