I'm embarrassed to say that I have convinced myself, upon actually using my brain and consulting a field guide, that I saw Brewer's Blackbirds and not grackles. Apologies for the rookie mistake...
John Shenot Fort Collins On Thursday, January 2, 2014 1:40:55 PM UTC-7, John Shenot wrote: > > At mid-day today I found probably 1000 white-cheeked geese, mostly > Cackling (I believe) but with Canada certainly present too; 1 Greater > White-fronted Goose and 2 Snow Geese (all photographed badly). Good variety > of ducks:1 hen Wood Duck, Northern Pintails, Lesser Scaup, Northern > Shoveler, Mallard, Common Goldeneye, American Wigeon, and flyover Common > Mergansers. Neighboring farm field had Common Grackles, a little bit out of > season. > > I'd heard a report of a Brant at this location 2 days ago but could not > find one. > > John Shenot > Fort Collins, 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 [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/c3555109-0403-47cb-8f57-94e7258577a7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
