Bob Zilly, Mary and I went on a multi-lake tour today, hitting a dozen Boulder and Weld county lakes. Most predominant species seen today--Western Grebe's everywhere. Never seen this many in my life, much less in one day. Highlights as follows:
Baseline Res: 2 SURF SCOTER (female), reported by Christian Nunes last week and still present (thanks Christian!). Also present, 4 HOODED MERGANSERS and 4 BUFFLEHEAD. Great to see these arriving! Valmont Reservoir (Legion Park): Wind kept the viewing brief from up on the hill, with many species too far in the distance to identify. But one SNOW GOOSE seen among Canada Geese. North Teller Lake: 14 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS still present and very busy feeding. Prince Lake #2: 4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 8 FRANKLIN'S GULLS among the many Ring-billed Gulls. Union Reservior: Best viewing in NW corner of lake where we had 1 COMMON LOON, 1 late GREAT EGRET, and 1 possible juvenile YELLOW-BILLED LOON. YBLO only provided 2 frontal views in between dives and then disappeared among the billions of Western Grebes. I was not too confident of any ID based on Sibley's and Peterson's drawings, but this evenings research has led to photos indicative of Yellow-billed. Am probably going to return Sunday morning to re-locate and get a different angle. Great birding! Mike Blatchley Longmont, CO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
