The weather did not fail to produce at Manitou Lake today.
A total of 42 species in about 45 minutes at the lake; in heavy snowfall.
Previous Big Day at Manitou Lake for me was 56 species on 5/18/2010. So, I may have to go back out there and get at least 15 more species this afternoon.
A new species for me at the lake was a Long-billed Dowitcher, feeding alongside a Wilson’s Snipe at the east end of the boardwalk; only 30 ft away.
11 new species for the year at the lake; and many rarely seen there.
Highlights:
· Cinnamon Teal (6)
· White-faced Ibis (4)
· Northern Harrier, scaring up the hundreds of Robins and Chipping Sparrows
· Willet (3)
· Long-billed Dowitcher
· Wilson’s Phalarope (2)
· Loggerhead Shrike
· Red Crossbill (40)
Hundreds of American Robins and Chipping Sparrows moving through in waves. One minute very few were present; then 10 minutes later hundreds of them. The same with everything else. One minute they were there; then gone 10 minutes later.
Complete list below.
Jeff J Jones
Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands
FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 1, Annual: 11, World Annual: 6
Species: 42 - Subspecies: 1 - Forms: 42
Total Records: 42
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Gadwall Anas strepera
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Cinnamon Teal [a*] Anas cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Northern Harrier [a] Circus cyaneus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Willet [a] Tringa semipalmata
Long-billed Dowitcher [l*] Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
Wilson's Phalarope [a] Phalaropus tricolor
California Gull Larus californicus
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Loggerhead Shrike [a] Lanius ludovicianus
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven Corvus corax
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Black-capped Chickadee [a] Poecile atricapillus
Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Chipping Sparrow [a*] Spizella passerina
Brewer's Sparrow [a*] Spizella breweri
Savannah Sparrow [a*] Passerculus sandwichensis
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) caniceps Junco hyemalis caniceps
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Red Crossbill [a*] Loxia curvirostra
Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 5/1/2013
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