[cobirds] Jackson County Highlights

Greetings All,

Nick Moore, earlier this week, suggest we bird Jackson County (aka North Park). What a fabulous idea. 

The rarest birds were

CLAY-COLORED SPARROW singing along Arapahoe NWR driving loop

HERRING GULL, adult, on Walden Reservoir

LAZULI BUNTING, in the spruce at Cameron Pass, elevation > 10,000 feet. 

Other unusual birds included

2 CATTLE EGRET at Walden Reservoir

1 Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup at Walden Reservoir

But, perhaps, the real highlight was the enormous number of waterfowl. Consider these day-totals, most from Walden Res and Arapahoe NWR driving loop, but other reservoirs contributed

1983 Canada Geese

1141 Gadwall

577 American Wigeon

355 Cinnamon Teal

72 Canvasback

408 Redhead

55 Ring-necked Duck

158 Lesser Scaup

6 Bufflehead

52 Common Mergasers

283 Ruddy Ducks

1340 Eared Grebes (okay, not waterfowl, but an impressive enough number)

We did have a migrant Marbled Godwit, Semi Sandpiper, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs.

It was an impressive day, indeed. Nothing like seeing a Lazuli Bunting while simultaneously hearing an Am Three-toed Woodpecker.

Cheers

Steve Mlodinow

Longmont, CO

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