[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 11 November 2014

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: November 11,  2014
email: r...@cfobirds.org

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Tuesday, November 11 sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).

Surf Scoter (Mesa, Weld)
White-winged Scoter (Logan/Sedgwick, Weld)
Black Scoter (Archuleta, Morgan, Weld)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Eagle)
Red-throated Loon (Douglas/Jefferson, Morgan)
Pacific Loon (Boulder, *Douglas/Jefferson, Logan,Morgan, Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (*Larimer, Logan/Sedgwick, *San Miguel)
Pacific Loon (Boulder)
BLACK VULTURE (*Morgan/Weld)
American Golden-Plover (Weld)
Thayer's Gull (Adams, Kiowa)
Lesser  Black-backed Gull (Adams, Larimer, Morgan, Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (Morgan)
MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD (Boulder)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Morgan, Yuma)
White-eyed Vireo (Pueblo)
Winter Wren (Baca, Boulder, *Jefferson, Weld)
McCown's Longspur (Weld)
CAPE MAY WARBLER (Pueblo)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Jefferson)
PURPLE FINCH (Prowers)

ADAMS COUNTY:
--At Barr Lake on November 4, Sheeter reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
(1 ad, 1 1-st cyc), and 1 1-st cyc Thayer's Gull.  On November 9, Dowell
reported 1-st cyc Thayer's Gull and 1-st cyc Lesser Black-backed Gull.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:
--2 f Black Scoters were reported by Jim Beatty on Hatcher Lake on CR 600
NW of Pagosa Springs on November 6.  They were first found by Dale Knapp on
November 4.  On November 9 Riley Morris reported 2 f Black Scoters at
Hatcher Lake.

BACA COUNTY:
--Two Winter Wrens were reported by Leatherman below the dam at Two Buttes
on November 3.  They were near where the red rock cliff comes near the
north side of road.  NOTE:  The road below the dam is closed to vehicles
but open to foot traffic.

BOULDER COUNTY:
--A f MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD was reported by Adam Jack coming to his
feeders in Coal Creek Canyon on October 27 through November 9.  He is
asking for NO visits during the colder weather.
--On November 4, Minner-Lee reported 2 Pacific Loons at Baseline Reservoir
in Boulder.  On November 7, Gent reported 2 Pacific Loons at Baseline
Reservoir.
--A Winter Wren was reported by Floyd at Stearn's Lake downstream from
bridge over Rock Creek on November 8.
--A Pacific Loon was reported by Floyd at Boulder Reservoir on November 10.

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:
--On November 3, Suddjian reported a Red-throated Loon by the shoreline
between Deer Creek Inlet and Massey Draw parking area at Chatfield.
--On November 10 at Charfield, Suddjian report 1 - 2 Pacific Loons near the
dam.

EAGLE COUNTY:
--A Barrow's Goldeneye was reported by McConnell at Spring Park Reservoir
on November 4.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:
--2 Golden-crowned Sparrows(1 ad, 1 1-st winter) were reported by Cyndy
Johnson at Red Rocks Trading Post on November 1.  On November 2, Chavez
reported 2 Golden-crowned Sparrows at Red Rocks Trading Post.
--A Winter Wren was reported by Suddjian at Dutch Creek at Dakota Hogback
on November 9.

KIOWA COUNTY:
--A juv Thayer's Gull was reported by Mldinow at Neesopah Reservoir on
November 3.

LARIMER COUNTY:
--A Red-necked Grebe and Lesser Black-backed Gull were reported by Bankert
at Horseshoe Lake in the NW corner on November 1.  A Red-necked Grebe was
reported by Komar at Horseshoe Lake on November 9.

LOGAN COUNTY:
--A Pacific Loon was reported by Kellner at N Sterling Reservoir on
November 8.

LOGAN/SEDGWICK COUNTIES:
--At Jumbo Reservoir on November 8, Kellner reported 3 White-winged Scoters
(1 ad m, 1 f, 1 imm m) and 2 Red-necked Grebes (1 ad, 1 imm)

MESA COUNTY:
--2 Surf Scoters were reported by Henwood at Colorado River State Park,
Fruita Section on November 5.  They were on the northern most pond.  Two
Surf Scoters were reported by Ortenzio at Colorado River State Park, Fruita
Section on November 6.

MORGAN COUNTY:
--At Jackson Reservoir on November 8, Kellner reported 4 f Black Scoters
and Red-throated Loon.
--At Jackson Reservoir on November 9, Dowell reported ad Great Black-backed
Gull, 2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and a Pacific Loon.
--At Brush SWA on November 9, Dowell reported Red-bellied Woodpecker.

MORGAN/WELD COUNTIES:
--A BLACK VULTURE was reported by Rutherford along US 34 between Greeley
and Fort Morgan on November 10 near mile marker 143.

PROWERS COUNTY:
--A PURPLE FINCH was reported by Mlodinow at Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar on
November 4.

PUEBLO COUNTY:
--2 non-ad Lesser Black-backed Gulls were reported by Percival at Pueblo
Reservoir on November 4.  On November 9, Percival reported 2 Lesser
Black-backed Gulls (1 2nd-cyc, 1 3rd-cyc) at Pueblo Reservoir.
--At Pueblo City Park on November 8, Percival reported White-eyed Vireo and
CAPE MAY WARBLER.

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:
--A Red-necked Grebe was found by George Steele on October 29 at Miramonte
Reservoir and seen again on October 30 by Dexter and Wright.  Steele
reported on November 7 that the Red-necked Grebe continues at Miramonte.
On November 10, Zerbi reported that the Re

[cobirds] Update on Adam Jack's Magnificent Hummingbird. Banded by Steve Bouricius.

[Joe Roller]

I am forwarding the note posted on the West Slope Bird Network (WSBN) by
Steve Bouricius, Colorado's master Hummingbird bander and friend of many of
us from when he lived in Boulder County.
Joe Roller, Denver


First, here is a short note Steve sent to me.
"There are many useful things to be learned from banding rare birds. I
suspect this bird is a northern breeder.  In Bailey and Niedrach's Birds of
Colorado, 1965, they described the only CO record of Magnificent nesting,
and their collecting of the hen, nest and eggs.  Not sure of the exact
location but it was on South Boulder Creek, which is a mile from where we
banded this Magnificent.  I think there are copses, or pioneer colonies of
Mags scattered north and across the west, like in Oak Creek Canyon and
Mogollon.  It's a subject I want to investigate more.

*Wouldn't it be interesting if Adam's bird returned to his feeders next
spring?"*

Then here is Steve's note about banding the hummer at Adam Jack's mountain
home.

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[cobirds] finches

[scott]

Hi All,

This morning with the cold weather, about 2000 Rosy finches landed in my 
yard. Mostly brown-caps, but do have a large number of Hepburn's here as 
well.  No Black's though.


Scott Rashid
Estes Park

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[cobirds] Rocky Mountain Arsenal - Adams

[JBreitsch - Denver]

11 November 2014
0700-0900

A quick trip to the Arsenal this morning produced a Northern Shrike and a 
nice flock of American Tree Sparrows among the land birds.
The Great Egret is still hanging around with a Great Blue Heron.
On the water, there were most species of winter birds including all three 
mergansers, Canvasback, Bufflehead, pintails, shovelers, goldeneyes, etc.  
One Common Loon was on Lower Derby Lake.
The most interesting thing for me was the waves of Snow Geese flying south. 
 At least half a dozen flocks came through in waves, maybe five to ten 
minutes apart.  Each flock was between 100 and 200 birds, some of which 
included blue morphs.  They are definitely on their way somewhere.

If someone finds a murrelet somewhere in the Denver area, let me know. 
 Otherwise, I'm taking the rest of the day off.

John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
https://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/

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[cobirds] Red Rocks Update/Jeffco

[markchavez]

  This morning, I went up to Red Rocks at 730 to throw down lots of millet(no 
milo--the red seed found in cheaper mixes that goes uneaten!) and sunflower 
seed.  It didn't take long for the tons of juncos, American Tree Sparrow(FOS), 
jays, Spotted Towhees, Song Sparrows and House Finches to find the seed.  Both 
the adult and immature Golden-crowned Sparrows came in for the millet under the 
apple tree. Things were scattered for awhile in the 14 degree temperatures when 
a Sharp-shinned flew in .  Before I left, I placed lots of sunflower on the 
wall hoping to attract some Rosy-finches.  I wouldn't be surprised if this 
week's cold weather brings them down in a day or so.
  On Sunday, I birded Denver West for only an hour.  The place was extremely 
birdy and had lots of Cedar Waxwings, Red Crossbills(35+), Bushtits, 
Yellow-rumped Warblers(4),Brown Creepers, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and 
Ruby-crowned Kinglets(10+).  This place should be watched for some good birds 
in the next few weeks.  There are lots of berry producing trees and pines in 
this business park off I-70 and Denver West Parkway.  In years past, Pine 
Warblers have over-wintered in this very birdy fall park!

Mark ChavezLakewood-Green Mtnhttp://jaeger29.smugmug.com/

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[cobirds] Female Magnificent Hummingbird, Boulder, 11/11

[Adam Jack]

COBirders,

I was getting ready to stop daily updates on our magnificent vagrant since
she has enough on her plate without celebrity status. (I expected only to
post once, maybe twice, but not for two weeks.) That said, this freezing
weather has come in so fast/hard (from 50+ down to 20s then below freezing
in just hours) that no doubt some are curious/concerned about her well
being...

I've been out all morning, and I did not see her as usual this morning. My
wife just reported that the Mag visited the feeder (the one kept defrosted
by Steve Bouricious' red heat lamp.) As such, she made it through the 5ºF
temperatures of last night. Hardy little bird.

She came all yesterday and looked as healthy as ever. When I've observed
her in the coldest temperatures I'm amazed to see how unaffected she
appears. She is more plumped up than ever, but looking/acting robust and
healthy. Hopefully she survives this storm and gets the message to move on.
Time will tell.

regards

Adam
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Coal Creek Canyon
http://www.neukadye.com

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[cobirds] Pueblo snow geese

[Leon Bright]

COBirders,

  A few minutes ago, while out filling backyard feeders, I saw about 150
snow geese fly over at medium altitude, headed south.  They were all white
morphs.  Their direction would take them west of Lake Minnequa but maybe
right for a stopover at the CF&I lakes just south of the city.

Leon Bright, Pueblo (city & county)

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[cobirds] geese on the move 11/11

[Scott E. Severs]

The low cloud deck and the winter weather are allowing good observation of
migrating geese/waterfowl moving southward today.

As my office window looks northward many large skeins of geese are moving
over Boulder including a flock of about two dozen Snows.

Scott E. Severs
Longmont, CO

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[cobirds] Pueblo Reservoir 11/11

[Brandon]

I tried to bird Pueblo Reservoir a little bit ago.  The steam rising off the 
lake made it very difficult.  I did see three Common Loons, a surprising three 
Franklin's Gulls (getting pretty late for them around here), and a few 
Bonaparte's Gulls all close to shore.  There were a lot of gulls on the shore 
in SE corner of the reservoir, though besides for the Franklin's and 
Bonaparte's, the only other species I saw were the regular three: Ring-billed, 
Herring, and California.  I was hoping to see Snow Geese (since I haven't seen 
a Ross's Goose this year and they usually travel together), though no Snow 
Geese flew by me unfortunately.  Hopefully the Reservoir will have less steam 
at some point (maybe not until Friday though, when it suppose to get above 
freezing).  Mountain Bluebirds are around the junipers in good numbers at 
Pueblo Reservoir right now.

Brandon Percival 
Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Sloan Lake snow birds, Denver, CO

[Matthew Baker]

Did a quick run around the lake around noon. Snow coming down, but as 
with other reports, many many geese on the move in and around the lake 
and off through the snow to the west they could be seen streaming south...


Cackling Goose300
American Wigeon5
Green-winged Teal2
Greater/Lesser Scaup10 (too far out)
Bufflehead7
Common Goldeneye18 (4 on the lake, 14 flew over briefly)
Hooded Merganser5
Common Merganser9
Red-breasted Merganser2
Red-tailed Hawk1 (my first for the lake)
American Coot18
Killdeer1
California Gull5 (why doesn't eBird like California Gull at Sloan's???)
Northern Flicker1
Red-breasted Nuthatch2
+ a few more...

-Matthew Baker
Denver, CO

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[cobirds] Announcing the NEW CFO Website

[William H Kaempfer]

Great news for Colorado birding!
The brand new Colorado Field Ornithologists website is now live at 
http://cobirds.org.  This site completes the CFO's website 
reconstruction project following up on the previously launched Colorado Bird 
Records Committee and County Birding websites.
Within the next few hours any bookmarks you have to our old site will no longer 
be active-so bookmark our new site. Stay tuned for additional details on what 
has changed and how to get the most out of this terrific CFO resource.
Bill Kaempfer
President, CFO

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[cobirds] NEW CFO WEBSITE: MORE INFO

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

The deed is done. Bill Kaempfer mentioned a moment ago the CFO website 
switchover, and it has happened. The plug has been pulled. The CFO website 
you're all familiar with, http://CFOBirds.org, is no more. It was wonderful 
in its day, but we've moved on. CFO's new online address...drumroll 
please...is:

*http://COBirds.org*

The site presents tons of updated content, tons more brand-new content, and 
many exciting new functionalities. In the next few days, we'll highlight 
some of the "special attractions" of the new site. For now, here's a 
conceptual overview:

1. All CFO applications (Colorado Bird Records Committee, Colorado County 
Birding, and the CFO website proper) are integrated so that one login works 
for all.

2. The site is designed to render well on a smartphone, tablet, or 
old-fashioned laptop monitor.

3. Nearly all of the content from the old website has carried over to the 
new site. We'll talk more about this later in the week.

4. New content and new functionalities include an events calendar, trip 
reports, online county listing, password-protected access to the journal 
*Colorado 
Birds*, and a lot more. As with point #3, above, we'll talk more about this 
in the next day or so.

You might be wondering: How did this happen? Who did it??

Good questions. The website redesign was approved and overseen by the CFO 
Board of Directors. The actual heavy lifting was performed by Ann Johnson, 
an Iowa birder with AJEndeavors, LLC, a web application development 
country. All BoD members have been involved to some extent in 
troubleshooting, beta-testing, and content-generating, with David Gillilan 
serving as Lead on the website redesign. Going forward, David will continue 
to oversee day-to-day management of the website. Huge thanks to Ann and 
David, as well as to those who laid the foundation: Brenda Linfield, Mark 
Peterson, and Rachel Hopper. Thanks also to Jim Beatty and Doug Faulkner 
for providing much conceptual guidance along the way.

Enough of my jibber jabber. Go check out the new website:

*http://COBirds.org*

Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado

P.s. Humongous flock of Snow Geese over Boulder a bit earlier in the day.

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[cobirds] Prewitt Reservoir (Logan Co.) Nov. 11

[David Dowell]

I spent some more time in northeast Colorado, mostly landbirding but also 
trying to see what I could spot in the fog on the lakes.  The most 
interesting location I visited was Prewitt Reservoir (Logan County).  Among 
the several thousand geese, there were roughly 1500 Snow Geese and 50 
Ross's Geese.  Mallards have arrived in the thousands, as they did at the 
same time last year, and other expected duck species could also be seen 
near the dam.  I found only one of the five Common Loons that Kellner et 
al. reported last weekend.

Although landbird numbers weren't high, there was an interesting mix of 
summer and winter birds below the dam on the Logan Co. side.  Highlights 
included:
3 Winter Wrens
2 Marsh Wrens
1 very late House Wren
2 late Brown Thrashers
the year-round resident Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk
3 Virginia Rails
1 Swamp Sparrow
a nice mix of juncos

Consistent with what others have been reporting today, goose flocks 
(Canada, Cackling, and/or Snow) were seen or heard at all times during the 
day.

David Dowell
Longmont, CO 

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Re: [cobirds] Prewitt Reservoir (Logan Co.) Nov. 11

[Rob Parsons]

Hi all,

A most educational posting!  Prewitt Reservoir is almost totally encircled by 
Washington County, yet appears to be lie entirely within Logan County?  I 
*think* my Washington & Logan county lists are unaffected because virtually all 
the birds I’ve ever seen near it were just that—near, rather than on it, but 
I’d better make sure. So do Colorado birders count birds flying in or out of 
the reservoir for both counties or just one or the other?  And if the latter, 
which?

Cheers,

Rob Parsons
Winnipeg, MB
CANADA
parso...@mts.net

From: David Dowell 
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:24 PM
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com 
Subject: [cobirds] Prewitt Reservoir (Logan Co.) Nov. 11

I spent some more time in northeast Colorado, mostly landbirding but also 
trying to see what I could spot in the fog on the lakes.  The most interesting 
location I visited was Prewitt Reservoir (Logan County).  Among the several 
thousand geese, there were roughly 1500 Snow Geese and 50 Ross's Geese.  
Mallards have arrived in the thousands, as they did at the same time last year, 
and other expected duck species could also be seen near the dam.  I found only 
one of the five Common Loons that Kellner et al. reported last weekend. 

Although landbird numbers weren't high, there was an interesting mix of summer 
and winter birds below the dam on the Logan Co. side.  Highlights included:
3 Winter Wrens
2 Marsh Wrens
1 very late House Wren
2 late Brown Thrashers
the year-round resident Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk
3 Virginia Rails
1 Swamp Sparrow

a nice mix of juncos


Consistent with what others have been reporting today, goose flocks (Canada, 
Cackling, and/or Snow) were seen or heard at all times during the day.


David Dowell
Longmont, CO 
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Re: [cobirds] Prewitt Reservoir (Logan Co.) Nov. 11

[David Dowell]

More than 90% of the lake is in Washington County.  However, there is one 
parking area on the Logan County side (north side of the lake) that birders 
(including me today) use to access landbirding areas below the dam plus get 
views of the northern side of the lake.  Most of the birds I described were 
indeed in Logan County, but it's hard to tell where exactly the county line 
is when you are there.

David

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[cobirds] Re: Female Magnificent Hummingbird, Boulder, 11/11

[Janis Robinson]

Thanks, Adam, for sharing the Magnificent Hummer with all of us. It was a 
big treat for me since I also live in Coal Creek Canyon. I've enjoyed 
hearing the updates, including the banding expedition!!

Janis Robinson
Coal Creek Canyon

On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 10:36:44 AM UTC-7, Adam Jack wrote:
>
> COBirders,
>
> I was getting ready to stop daily updates on our magnificent vagrant since 
> she has enough on her plate without celebrity status. (I expected only to 
> post once, maybe twice, but not for two weeks.) That said, this freezing 
> weather has come in so fast/hard (from 50+ down to 20s then below freezing 
> in just hours) that no doubt some are curious/concerned about her well 
> being...
>
> I've been out all morning, and I did not see her as usual this morning. My 
> wife just reported that the Mag visited the feeder (the one kept defrosted 
> by Steve Bouricious' red heat lamp.) As such, she made it through the 5ºF 
> temperatures of last night. Hardy little bird.
>
> She came all yesterday and looked as healthy as ever. When I've observed 
> her in the coldest temperatures I'm amazed to see how unaffected she 
> appears. She is more plumped up than ever, but looking/acting robust and 
> healthy. Hopefully she survives this storm and gets the message to move on. 
> Time will tell.
>
> regards
>
> Adam
> -- 
> Adam R. B. Jack
> Coal Creek Canyon
> http://www.neukadye.com
>  

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[cobirds] Feeding birds at Red Rocks Trading Post

[Gwen Moore]

The time has clearly arrived to start feeding at Red Rocks on a regular
schedule. Joe Roller has asked me to coordinate the volunteer effort this
year. Most of us put down sunflower seed or a bit of white millet. This is
especially important during the very cold and/or snowy days.  By having a
schedule, we can avoid a significant gap in feeding followed by multiple
birders going on the same day.

My thought is that we should have one person in charge of each day of the
week, with a group of people who can be called to substitute, either for a
specific day or for any day. Mark Chavez is going to take Tuesdays, and I
will take Thursdays and Sundays. So we need a volunteer for Sat., Mon.,
 Wed. and Friday. We will feed starting now and go through mid March.

Please email me directly if you are willing to take one day a week, or to
be an occasional volunteer on call. I will put together a contact list and
make it available to all the volunteers.

Our goal is to attract the usual juncos, towhees, scrub jays, chickadees,
and unusual sparrows, Townsend's solitaires, and especially any hungry rosy
finches.  Plus who knows what uncommon sparrows or other seed-eaters may
show up?

Gwen Moore

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[cobirds] PARKed above the snow

[David Suddjian]

It was time to go back up to Park County this cold day. I looked at the
large reservoirs, a few others of lesser size, and some upland habitat
along CR 22 (leading to Weston Pass), Pike NF Road 435, and along roads SE
of Eleven Mile SP and CR 77 and adjacent roads. There was only a little
snow in Park County below 10,500 feet, although all of South Park had a
most impressive frost that was like snow on everything but bare ground.
Skies were clear most of the day, and winds pleasantly light until late
morning when they picked up quite a bit, making birding of my last large
reservoir (Eleven Mile) challenging and not so fun.  Small lakes were
frozen over, but the larger bodies of water just had ice locally along some
margins.


Timberline Campground off CR 58 had a female *American Three-toed
Woodpecker* quietly working away on a lodgepole pine. A *Rough-legged Hawk*
was near Jefferson. CR 22 had three *Am. Tree Sparrows*, a species which
seems to be uncommon in Park County, 2 *Gray Jays*, a few *Golden-crowned
Kinglets*, and small numbers of both Type 2 and Type 5 *Red Crossbills*.
 Pike NF Road 435 had about 200 Type 5 *Red Crossbills* in bristlecone
pines, and 3 *Pine Grosbeaks*, and more *Gray Jays*.


Buffalo Creek Reservoir had 4 *Red-breasted Mergansers* and 2 *Common Loons*.



Antero Reservoir had a *Long-tailed Duck* at the northwest margin, a flock
of about 190 *Snow Geese* that flew in from the east and looked like they
were going to land until a hunter began shooting and off they went, 2
female *Surf Scoters*, 1 *Common Loon*, 1 *Rough-legged Hawk*, 2 *Bald
Eagles*, and an estimated total of 19,000 *American Coots*!


A *Lapland Longspur* joined a large number of Horned Larks along CR 59
north of Spinney Mountain Reservoir, with a *Merlin* trying its luck with
the flock.  Highlights at the reservoir itself were 3 *Cackling Geese*, 3
female *Surf Scoters*, 1 each male and female *Black Scoters*, 2 *Barrow’s
Goldeneye*, 1 *Red-breasted Merganser*, and an amazing estimated 3,500
*Bufflehead*!


Eleven Mile Reservoir had 1 *Surf Scoter*, 8 *Barrow’s Goldeneye*, 1 *Common
Loon*, 2 *Lesser Black-backed Gulls*, and a *Bald Eagle*.


Stops in Ponderosa dominated forest southeast of Eleven Mile had continued
good numbers of Type 2 *Red Crossbills*, some *Evening Grosbeaks*, and 1
adult *Northern Goshawk* (Pike NF Road 393). Stops along CR 77 and adjacent
roads had more Type 2 *Red Crossbills*, and Type 5 *Red Crossbills* were
numerous along CR 39 north of Tarryall Reservoir (which was still void of
waterbirds). A *Northern Shrike* was along CR 77 at 2 miles north of Hwy
24. A *Common Loon* was on a private reservoir north of the “town” of
Tarryall.


Me, I didn’t tarry at all.

David Suddjian, Littleton, CO

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