On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 8:28:29 PM UTC-6, Joey Kellner wrote:
Thirteen hardy souls participated through the course of the day. 17-25F, snowy on and off, steam on the water on and off, windy and calm. Wow! Was the weather finicky! A BIG "THANK YOU" to Colorado Parks & Wildlife for bringing us hot coffee, donuts and even hot pizza for lunch!!!! Thank you SO much!
In the past, bad weather has brought the most species on the Big Sit, with two years with bad weather each having 72 species. This year…75 species!! Wow!
None of the participants expected this many after the first half of the day with such nasty weather. Highlights were Sabine's, Bonaparte's and Franklin's Gulls, multiple flocks of cranes throughout the day totaling 555 individuals, Surf Scoter, Baird's and Pectoral Sandpipers, and two Common Loons.
We ran an eBird checklist every hour (so have 12 checklists for the day). Total species list is below.
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
American Pipit
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Joey Kellner
Littleton, Colorado
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