Breeding records for Barrow’s Goldeneye are scarce in Colorado, but do exist.
There were a few observations during both the first and second Colorado
Breeding Bird Atlas field periods, all in northwestern Colorado, at least one
of them in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area.
Chuck Hundertmark
> On
And there were no adults around? Would they have left them.
Interesting indeed
E Holladay
On Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 3:21 PM Hondochica z wrote:
> Really! - Noting that the range maps can be 'off' - even Sibleys suggests
> that Barrow's is 'rarely' found here; certainly not 'nesting'. The image
>
Really! - Noting that the range maps can be 'off' - even Sibleys suggests
that Barrow's is 'rarely' found here; certainly not 'nesting'. The image
of a Common Goldeneye duckling in Sibley's looks *just* like the photo -
but they 'apparently' don't nest here either! Fortunately, birds don't
read t
They look like duckling goldeneyes. Barrow's Goldeneye nests there at
Trapper's.
David Suddjian
Littleton, CO
On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 11:20 AM Evon Holladay
wrote:
> We were hiking above Trappers Lake and came across these 4 waterfowl.
>> Thoughts on what they are? First thought was a Ruddy in
>
> We were hiking above Trappers Lake and came across these 4 waterfowl.
> Thoughts on what they are? First thought was a Ruddy in summer but they
> did not have the Ruddy beak or tail and these have a shoulder white streak
> and white patch on the rump.
>
Link to photo
https://drive.google.com/
