Spent a couple of hours birding this morning, mostly in the Green Mountain Res. area (Summit County). Highlight was 2 imm. Golden Eagles (est. 2-3 yr juveniles based on feather pattern and coloration of underwings and body) seen together above Blue River cliffs just below dam. One landed at top of the cliff for a few minutes. Also had an adult Bald Eagles soaring above the frozen reservoir. About an hour later, had one over the Blue River right near the Blue River Water Treatment Plant; poss. same bird.
At that plant, same ducks as I reported ~2 days ago plus a drake Common Goldeneye. There were 3-4 female COGO's plus ~12 Barrow's Goldeneyes. Finally, the flock of ~80 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches continues on Blue RIdge Rd. (Hwy 9, north of Silverthorne). Below is my eBird list for Green Mtn Res. Also had Pine Grosbeak and Townsend Solitaire in the area. Charlie Nims Silverthorne, CO charlie.n...@gmail.com Begin forwarded message: > From: do-not-re...@ebird.org > Date: January 16, 2011 4:14:27 PM MST > To: cwn...@comcast.net > Subject: eBird Report - Green Mountain Reservoir , 1/16/11 > > > > Location: Green Mountan Reservoir > Observation date: 1/16/11 > Number of species: 11 > > Bald Eagle 1 adult, over frozen Green Mtn Reservoir > Golden Eagle 2 Saw both at same time. Initially over cliffs above > Blue River right below the dam. Both birds appeared to be 2-3 yr juveniles > based on underwing and tail coloration and pattern. Saw again later. > Rock Pigeon 12 actually, at a ranch about 2-3 miles south of turn off > to Heeney > Downy Woodpecker 1 > Steller's Jay 3 > Black-billed Magpie 20 Conservative. Saw lots > Common Raven 2 > Black-capped Chickadee 7 > Mountain Chickadee 3 > Townsend's Solitaire 4 2 on each side of reservoir > Pine Grosbeak 11 at a feeder on road towards Heeney > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
