Greetings All,
Today, Tim Smart and I started at Panama Reservoir (Boulder), and then the St Vrain SP/ Firestone Gravel Pits area (Weld). We worked our way up to the L Latham/Loloff/Weld Co Rd 59 pond area (missing most of the sweet birds seen by Joey at WCR 59), and then swung w. to Tinmath and Fossil Crk before heading back s. to Union Res. Highlights in order of being seen: 1 WESTERN TANAGER (yes, Western Tanager, a very vocal and actively moving bird) at Panama Reservoir 3 (rare for Boulder County) RN Pheasants at Panama Res 1 adult ICELAND GULL and a first-cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL circling over the ponds at St Vrain SP (Iceland Gull extensively photographed; very pale mantle, like a GLGU adult, pale eye, "K" pattern of light gray on primaries per Howell and Dunn's Gull book). These two circled around together, left, then returned, with no other gulls except when a RB Gull happened to fly by. 1 LONG-BILLED CURLEW near L Latham 1 SORA at Beebe Draw AM AVOCETS at several locations in the Latham/Loloff/WCR 59 Ponds stretch 1 BLACK-NECKED STILT at Weld Co Rd 59 Ponds (we didn't miss EVERY bird Joey saw there!) 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Timnath Reservoir Nearly 500 HORNED GREBES between Timnath and Fossil Creek Reservoirs 1 TRUMPETER SWAN remaining at Duck L just east of Fossil Creek Reservoir 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (different from St Vrain bird) at Union Reservoir + my first of spring Bonaparte's Gulls (12 birds). We also saw about 2000 Lesser Scaup today, which was pretty mind-blowing, but <10 Common Mergansers, which is perhaps equally mind-blowing. We had about 45 Red-breasted Mergansers, approx 30 of which were at Timnath. Virtually every pond we looked at had ducks, especially scaup. A most amazing day for birding (and getting a tan) Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont 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. 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.
