[cobirds] Re: Aythya fest, Smith Reservoir, Costilla County

I stopped by Smith Reservoir for about a half an hour Friday afternoon on my way home from Monte Vista. My first visit to this spot (thank you Colorado County Birding,  a great resource).  I think I might have seen you, but you were in a discussion with another man, and I am shy about approaching strangers. I was the lady with the two little dogs.   I was only able to take a quick scan of the lake and missed your highlights.  I did enjoy seeing the group of Sandhill Cranes at the farm directly north of the Reservoir. 

Crystal Wilson

Englewood, Arapahoe County

On Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 5:09:48 AM UTC-6, Ted Floyd wrote:

Hello, everybody.

I was at Smith Reservoir, Costilla County, yesterday afternoon, Friday, March 16. This site is typically good for scaups at this time of the year, and so it was yesterday. I saw at least 100 Lesser Scaups; I tallied 109, but I bet there were more. Also 3 Greater Scaups, including a striking drake. Speaking of striking drakes, the highlight was a scaup x Ring-necked Duck hybrid, and I believe the scaup parent was a Greater. Picture a Tufted Duck, but with a green head and no "tuft" to speak of. Rounding out the genus Aythya were 3 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Canvasbacks and 50+ Redheads (54, to be exact).

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/fe705656-6445-4a01-98bb-29f30cd16d04%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.