It was a chilly, calm day after the storm today in Huerfano County. With 12-15 inches of fresh snow on the ground decided it would be a great day to bird. Went to Wahatoya/Daigre Lakes, Lathrop State Park then ended up at La Veta Town Lakes. There were a few shorebirds, several large mixed flocks of sparrows it was quite a lively day.
The following species were seen: Eared Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Western Grebe Clark's Grebe American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Mallard Gadwall American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Cinnamon Teal Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Turkey Vulture Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Osprey 40+ American Kestral American Coot Killdeer American Avocet - 3 Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Western Sandpiper - 1 Least Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe - 1 Bonaparte's Gull - 2 Franklin's Gull Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Eurasian Collard-Dove Rock Dove Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker 75+ Say's Phoebe Steller's Jay Blue Jay Western Scrub-Jay Pinyon Jay 35-40 Black-billed Magpie Common Raven American Crow Horned Lark 200+ Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Marsh Wren Townsend's Solitaire Mountain Bluebird American Robin Hermit Thrush - stopped counting at 35 - they were everywhere! European Starling American Pipit - 100+ Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon's and Myrtle Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrow - 50+ Savannah Sparrow - 50+ Vesper Sparrow - 200+ Harris's Sparrow - 2 White-crowned Sparrow 50+ Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 Dark-eyed Junco - Oregon, Pink-sided, White-winged, Slate-colored and Gray headed Western Meadowlark Brown-headed Cowbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Evening Grosbeak Cassin's Finch 30+ House Finch Pine Siskin 100+ Lesser Goldfinch - 1 American Goldfinch 50+ House Sparrow Polly Wren Neldner La Veta, CO -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
