4th Annual Weld County 100

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

I did our "4th Annual Weld County 100" (solo COVID-19 birding) this year and tallied 109 birds! Highlights and newcomers below.

"Mr. Irrelevant" (#100) this year was Great-tailed Grackle.

• Chimney Swift (Greeley 8th Avenue-area)
  
• Red-necked Phalarope (Weld CR 59, Cozzens Lake and Crom Lake)
• Franklin's Gull (Weld County Landfill. Of note the "landfill work activity" nearest Hwy 14 attracting lots of gulls easily viewed)
• Forster's Tern (Windsor Lake, Cozzens Lake and Woods Lake)
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Weld CR 102)
• Green-tailed Towhee and Northern Mockingbird (Weld CR 110 Lone Tree Creek crossing)
• Both longspurs (Weld CR 45/114)
• Spotted Towhee (Weld CR 94/37 Gravel Pit)
• Cassin's Sparrow (Weld CR 41 btw 102/100)
• Black-headed Grosbeak and Gray Catbird (Nunn yard)
  

Photos: http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/albums/view/165/4th-annual-weld-county-100

Full list:

Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
American Coot
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Killdeer
Marbled Godwit
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Forster's Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Say's Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue Jay
Black-billed  Magpie
American Crow
Horned Lark
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chestnut-collared Longspur
McCown's Longspur
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Cassin's Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org