Ste On Jun 23, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Charles Hundertmark <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > 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. -- 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/B636130D-F0A5-412C-A3E1-1B44F8743423%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
