Friday after Gunnison we headed to Montrose and on to Ridgeway. A stop at Billy Creek SWA was quiet except for the American Dipper under the bridge. We stopped at the small pond in Ridgeway at the Golden Eagle development and saw Cinnamon Teal, Snowy Egret, and Belted Kingfisher.
Next we headed towards Cortez via Rico. A Fox Sparrow surprised us on the west side of town in some willows below the town. The ride to Dolores was uneventful, but the stop at the ponds and McPhee Res. proved fruitful. The ponds hosted Brewer’s Blackbird, Common Grackle, and Brown-headed Cowbird. A small group of eight Bonaparte’s Gull in various was fun to get close looks at. Also on the res. were good looks at comparing Lesser and Greater Scaup . Spending time look at the gulls we had a flyover Broad-tailed Hummingbird and driving out a flyover Peregrine Falcon . Our last stop of the day was Totten Res. to observe Western Grebe doing their mating dance including an exchange of nesting material. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
