I did a tour of lakes in the mountains today braving the ominous weather report. Spinney Res and 11 Mile were downright boring no scoters and very low duck diversity. Although I may have missed a lot as most ducks were very far away and Spinney was very windy. I did have a group of ~15 American Tree Sparrows at 11 mile.
Buena Vista however was a real treat I had six corvids species including a group of 50+ Pinon Jays, Lewis Woodpecker in town and Ice Lake had twice as many duck species as Spinney and 11 mile combined. This included two White-winged Scoters and around 20 Barrow's Goldeneye, also a few more Tree Sparrows. Not many places where I can have that bird list. Clear Creek Res had nothing exciting but over 200 individual birds far more than I have seen in the past. Nearby Lake County was much less exciting just a few Barrow's on Mt. Elbert Forebay. Dillon Res was had few birds and has a very low water level. The best birds were a female Red-breasted Merganser and a few Barrow's Goldeneye. Green Mountain Res had a grand total of eight individual ducks. All in all a pleasant day in the mountains with all the roads being snow free (excepting Mt. Elbert Forebay) and all lakes being ice free. Nick Moore Boulder CO -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
