[cobirds] Barr Lake CBC preliminary results

34 participants set out in -5 degree weather Sunday morning to tally 73 species (preliminary count) on the Barr Lake CBC. As temperatures warmed to a balmy 23 degrees, observers found a handful of Snow Geese and a single Ross's Goose among the thousands of Cackling and Canada Geese. Highlights included 

Hooded Mergansers

Red-breasted Mergansers

Wild Turkey

Chukar (the sole survivor of six released last year)

Harlan's Hawk

Merlin

Barn Owl

Northern Shrike

Say's Phoebe (first time on count)

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern and Western)

Brown Creeper

Spotted Towhee

Lapland Longspur

Great-tailed Grackle

Thanks to all who participated.

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Chuck Hundertmark

2546 Lake Meadow Drive

Lafayette, CO 80026

303-604-0531

Cell: 720-771-8659

chundertmark8@gmail.com

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