Monday 24 October 2016

[cobirds] Park county --- Scoters and Phalarope, Sunday 10/23/16

COBirders,

Yesterday, a car load of us did a loop starting in El Paso then heading to Custer and finally Park counties.  Highlights from El Paso were a SABINE'S GULL, BONAPARTE'S GULL, 2 COMMON LOONs, and the continuing PACIFIC LOON all at Big Johnson reservoir.

We did not have much of note in Custer county.  We then headed to Park where early in the day Glenn Walbek had found most everything previously.  At Eleven Mile State Park we had 1 SNOW GOOSE, 11 COMMON LOONs, 1 BLACK SCOTER, and 1 RED PHALAROPE.  The Scoter was off of Howbert Point and the Phalarope was at the far west end of the reservoir.

At Spinney Mountain State Park at the very end of the day as the sunset on us, we had 2 BLACK SCOTERs and 3 SURF SCOTERs.
 
-----
Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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