Nothing unusual today, but temperatures in the 20's felt fantastic. Up at the water tower between 74th and 88th were at least two male Barrow's Goldeneyes. They, along with all of the other waterfowl were kept on edge all afternoon by an almost constant stream of raptors cruising the river. These included Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawks.
Down south, on either side (north and south) of Overland Pond Park, there weren't a large number of ducks. There was, however, a nice selection of the few birds that were there. These included Hooded Merganser, Bufflehead, Canvasback, a couple of Belted Kingfishers and American Dippers, and two Killdeer. There were also a few raptors and a Snow Goose that flew in and landed with all the other geese on the neighboring golf course. Oh, yea, I almost forgot a brief appearance by an American Pipit that wanted in on the action. I was busy taking pics of one of the dippers and I think this bird felt left out, so it came in and said hello. John Breitsch http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/ -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/130356f3-5b16-4c5e-961a-d7d2c0df2942%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
