[cobirds] Tundra Swan at Hamilton Reservoir (Larimer) on 24Dec2017

One Tundra Swan was swimming west of the south side overlook at Hamilton Reservoir today around 10am.  Probably one of the birds reported a while back by Nick Komar et al.  Hopefully it will stick around for the upcoming CBC.

Changing the subject, I cruised a big loop of the western section of the Pawnee Grasslands (from Carr to Hereford) this afternoon while listening to the Bronco debacle in DC and saw very little: one Ferruginous Hawk, three Rough-legged Hawks, one prairie Merlin, one raven species, one Western Meadowlark (a fairly good bird on the northern plains this time of year), a few kestrels, a few harriers, and a bunch of Horned Larks.  No Snowy Owls.  No sparrows.  No shrikes.  No longspurs.  No redpolls.  No rosy-finches.  No Snow Buntings.

For what it's worth, probably nothing, I checked twice (morning and afternoon) for the Harris's Hawk near the Prospect Road Welcome Center in Fort Collins and did NOT see the bird.

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins