34 participants set out in -5 degree weather Sunday morning to tally 73 species (preliminary count) on the Barr Lake CBC. As temperatures warmed to a balmy 23 degrees, observers found a handful of Snow Geese and a single Ross's Goose among the thousands of Cackling and Canada Geese. Highlights included
Hooded Mergansers Red-breasted Mergansers Wild Turkey Chukar (the sole survivor of six released last year) Harlan's Hawk Merlin Barn Owl Northern Shrike Say's Phoebe (first time on count) Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern and Western) Brown Creeper Spotted Towhee Lapland Longspur Great-tailed Grackle Thanks to all who participated. -- 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/CACZCCxeq2P1YstJjTahP0BH3a0Du2A5c87RHcweFb_Usj79OdA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
