The Loveland Christmas Bird Count was held on January 1, starting the New Year off right!
- We reported 99 species on count day, three more during count week (Red-breasted Merganser, Horned Grebe, Eastern Phoebe). We had 81 volunteers out walking/hiking/driving/watching, including feeder watchers. - All-time high counts were recorded for Cassin’s Finches (233), Evening Grosbeaks (97), Townsend’s Solitaires (137), and Pinyon Jays (66). We usually get a few of the finches; we had not reported a single Evening Grosbeak or Pinyon Jay since 2018. - We had 81 Bohemian Waxwings, but not the high by a long shot. In 2008 we had 1390 Bohemian Waxwings, and we haven’t recorded a single one since on a CBC. - We had 3 Rusty Blackbirds; a few were previously recorded in 2011. - This was NOT a high count for American Robins. The all-time high was 2518 in 2020. Our total this year was 1970. - New birds to our CBC this year were Pacific Loon and Eastern Phoebe, making our total species count over the last 23 years 177. - We had ZERO Killdeers, unusual. Denise Bretting Nick Komar Co-compilers -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/4afc8ca2-4ae8-47e2-bf0b-ecf42e24c0a1n%40googlegroups.com.
