I chased the reported Red-throated Loon at Marston with Doug Faulkner. We found no red-throated, but 6 common loons. Not 10 sec after Doug showed up, a COMMON REDPOLL flew over calling! I had been listening to calls in prep for trying to find one. Maybe it'll be a good year for them in the metro! Green Big Year bird #273. Then I picked out a young Ross's Goose amongst the hordes of Cackling for #274.
The redpoll flew east and we didn't relocate it. Yesterday, at Chatfield, I had 3 Pacific loons (all in Douglas County). Not much else on the water. I did see a NORTHERN SHRIKE trying to take down a Downy Woodpecker! That was AWESOME! At the N Boat Ramp, I flushed a Lapland Longspur, which called several times as it flew south and didn't appear to come back (Green BYB #272). Good green birding, Scott Somershoe Littleton CO -- -- 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/CAJmtx%2BXzeRtxzVTFaVthDGgtMv%3DOvR6PnEV%3DiBc2ppSgOCDgHw%40mail.gmail.com.
