Folks,
14 birders participated in the Bonny CBC last Friday, December 14th. We enjoyed cool and cloudy weather in the morning and cold a rainy in the afternoon. The lake bed contains no water, only weeds and thus as expected, the number of species was diminished by the lack of water birds. Bonny typically has geese numbers well into the thousands but this year not a single goose was tallied. Black-capped Chickadees and Black-billed Magpies continue their rebound with 30 and 43 respectively compared to 2006's 2 and 0. We ended up with a decent 65 species, including some notables.
Bald Eagle (5)
Northern Harrier (15)
NORTHERN GOSHAWK (1 immature, 1st bird of the day!)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (2)
Cooper's Hawk (4)
Red-tailed Hawk (35)
Ferruginous Hawk (7, including a gorgeous dark morph)
Rough-legged Hawk (22, including several gorgeous dark morphs)
American Kestrel (16)
Merlin (2)
Prairie Falcon (1)
falcon sp. (1 large, stiff-wing beating bird)
Eastern Screech-Owl (8)
Great Horned Owl (18)
LONG-EARED OWL (0, second year in a row)
Northern Saw-Whet Owl (2)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (28)
Black-billed Magpie (43)
Common Raven (2)
Black-capped Chickadee (30)
Eastern Bluebird (171)
Hermit Thrush (1)
FOX SPARROW (1 eastern 'Red')
LINCOLN'S SPARROW (2)
SWAMP SPARROW (3)
HARRIS'S Sparrow (1)
Northern Cardinal (6)
SNOW BUNTING (1)
PURPLE FINCH (2 female type)
COMMON REDPOLL (4 at one location, 1 at another)
Also, on the way to Bonny, 1 group found a single male Common Redpoll in the town of Seibert (Kit Carson County). Photos of a few of these birds can be seen from the link below, plus a cooperative Pacific Loon from yesterday's Denver count and another Common Redpoll at my thistle sock when I returned home. I would like to thank all of the Bonny CBC participants for making this count successful and a whole lot of fun!
Glenn Walbek
Castle Rock, CO
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