A couple of Winters ago several CO birders myself included had an eight goose species grand slam Steve Larson Northglenn CO
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2020, at 6:18 PM, Derek Hill <derektheh...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Trifectas always make for a good day of birding. As for CO trifectas, > mergansers and Haemorhous finches are also possibilities. Not sure how > plovers would work since CO gets 7 species regularly. Another term might be > "grand slam" if it's more than a trifecta, ie all 4 regularly occurring > Catharus thrushes, 4 longspurs, etc. For the aforementioned teal trifecta, > would it be the 3 Spatula teals (BWTE, CITE, NSHO) or the 3 birds with teal > in the name (BWTE, CITE, and Green-wings, which are closer to a Mallard than > a Spatula teal)? We are one of the better states for diverse Corvid grand > slam - has anyone scored 10 CO Corvids in a day? Colorado also can boast our > pretty solid grouse grand slam. Looks like B. Gibbons and M. O'Brien led last > year's VENT CO Grouse Tour to victory with 7 of 8 native chickens over a few > days. Who's had the Accipiter trifecta? I hope to some day. > > Thank goodness the migrants aren't on lockdown, > > Derek Hill > Ft. Collins > > >> On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 2:46:26 PM UTC-6, Steven Rash wrote: >> Teals would be another one. Plovers too, easier if you count Killdeer. >> Accipiter trifecta would be a hard one. Sage/brown/curve-billed thrasher >> should be doable at Chico Basin Ranch, I think >> grey-cheeked/swainsons/hermit/wood thrush have all occurred there at the >> same time as well. Cassins/eastern/western kingbird at The Rocky Mountain >> Arsenal is a definite possibility. I’d imagine it’s possible but really >> unlikely to get all three sapsuckers in one place. Might be able to get >> brewers/red-winged/rusty blackbird on a fall day at cherry creek. Fun to >> think about though. >> >> Happy birding, >> >> Steve Rash >> Denver 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a9586adf-4325-4673-bbbf-17c2e1bc44a4%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/04B81175-246F-4B72-8526-46B4D83FF6D3%40comcast.net.
