Saturday, a beautiful day for a CBC! The compilation meeting and potluck was well attended and everyone enjoyed the facilities provided by State Parks and Wildlife. The preliminary tally gave us 92 species. This is down somewhat, but not all areas reported in and feeder watchers typically contribute a few species seen nowhere else. Obviously the extreme cold weather a week prior to the count didn't help as there were about 10 species seen a few days prior to "count week" that were not recorded on count day, nor count week. There will be a final report submitted in a month to the Denver Field Ornithologist's for inclusion into the Lark Bunting newsletter.
Highlights: Brant - 1 - Chatfield Reservoir (open water and in campground loop-C) Greater Scaup - ~30! birds in one, cohesive flock along the South Platte River south of Bowles. Long-tailed Duck- 2 - South Platte Park Reservoir Red-necked Grebe - Count week only :-( Northern Saw-whet Owl - One found by the intrepid Randy Lentz deep in a tangle along the Platte River Say's Phoebe - 1 Chihuahuan Raven - 1 again this year Winter Wren - 1 - up Plum Creek in Chatfield State Park Gray Catbird - 2! - Chatfield State Park (upstream from Kingfisher Bridge...one on each side of the river...yes, different locations, different birds) Golden-crowned Sparrow - 1 - Red Rocks Park (still there...4 years running!) Thanks to the more that 120 people (PLUS Feeder Watchers!) that participated this year! What a great turnout! Visiting and renewing old friendships at the potluck was a wonderful end to a wonderful day in the field. Maybe next year we won't have a hard freeze prior to the count! Joey Kellner Littleton, Colorado Compiler - Denver CBC -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/002701cef9fc%24ba6921d0%242f3b6570%24%40net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
