Forester's Terns nest at various locations in North Park depending on year. This year, they do appear to be nesting at Walden Res, though Steve's number is higher than what ColonyWatch volunteers have seen so far this year. We'll check out the island I think he is talking about this weekend when several RMBO ColonyWatch volunteers will be checking North Park colonies. The Walden Res colony of terns is active some years and not others. Rarely, Forster's Terns have also attempted nesting at South Delaney Lake. The also nest irregularly at Lake John. Variable water levels in North Park make it difficult to predict where the terns will nest from year to year.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:44 AM, 'The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds < [email protected]> wrote: > Maybe ... > > > http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/CO/Main?cmd=stateSummary&theme=species&edition=current&species=forter&species=Go > > Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn > http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ > Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m > > > On Sunday, June 22, 2014 9:26:10 PM UTC-6, Steven Mlodinow wrote: >> >> Greetings All >> >> The day started with me searching for Boreal Owl, and after an hour, >> turning of Hwy 14 towards Rangers Lakes and hearing one singing of its own >> volition! >> >> I did most of what I did last year. Overall, duck numbers and grebe >> numbers were down substantially, perhaps due to rather high water levels at >> Walden Ponds (the driving loop at Arapahoe NWR was about the same, water >> and bird-wise). >> >> Of note >> A stunning 700+ California Gulls at Walden Res >> 55 or so Forster's Terns at Walden Res, most which would have gone >> unnoticed if a raven had not dive bombed a small hard to see island. Are >> they breeding? >> A Lesser Yellowlegs at the Auto Loop. >> At least one RN Grebe still at the north side of Lake John. Don't know >> precisely where nest is so only saw feeding bird. >> 3 Greater Sage-Grouse along Auto Loop in AM >> Dramatically lower number of Savannah Sparrows compared to last year. >> Road to Buffalo Pass impassable at 6 miles no matter what the forest >> service website says. However, excellent evening land birding up to that >> point with 10+ Pine Grosbeak, 20+ Red Crossbill, 30+ Cassin's Finch, scads >> of Mountain Chickadees, etc. >> >> Good Birding >> Steven Mlodinow >> Steamboat Springs, for now >> > -- > 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/1dd778c3-3b33-4f62-bde1-7dc2750e098c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1dd778c3-3b33-4f62-bde1-7dc2750e098c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Chuck Hundertmark 2546 Lake Meadow Drive Lafayette, CO 80026 303-604-0531 Cell: 720-771-8659 [email protected] -- 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/CACZCCxeyD3iAWFGY8nhc2ekOLo-e%3DDjG-TkOXf2OgntQZ7YAbg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
