I saw the White-winged Scoter this morning on Baseline Reservoir. I stood at Baseline & Stearns, looking southwest.
I also saw two ducks yesterday afternoon and this morning napping together south of the middle of the Cherryvale stretch, variable distances from the shore. Yesterday I thought that they were Ruddy Ducks because they had white undertail coverts. However, today I got pretty good looks at one of these birds and the bill and head did not look like a Ruddy Duck (cheeks were greige, not white, and the bill looked like a Northern Pintail's). Could a Black Scoter whose head is the best fit for what I saw, have white undertail coverts? The illustration shows a white belly, but greige undertail coverts. Yesterday afternoon, there were 5 Hooded Mergansers. This morning, there was an adult Bald Eagle circling. There were myriad Ring-billed Gulls, several Scaup to far away to ID, and lots of Common Goldeneyes. The Buffleheads from a month ago seem to have gone. --Margaret Smith, Boulder, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
