Summit County Birds

[Jack Bushong]

Hi all, 

Today I was up in Summit County and was able to do some birding. At Bills Ranch Lake there were many Cassin's Finch, Red Crossbill, Pine and Evening Grosbeaks, as well as a Fox Sparrow in a clump of willows nearby. There was an American Kestrel and Northern Goshawk on the lake as well. At Dillion Reservoir in the Blue River Inlet there were numerous American Pipits and a pair of American Dippers constructing a nest. At the Snake River Treatment Plant there was a Vesper Sparrow, and a possible Eastern Bluebird. Near Frisco Marina there was a Semipalmated Plover alongside two Least Sandpipers, as well as a Peregrine Falcon, Northern Shoveler, and 5 Willets! 

Good birding, 

Jack Bushong, Louisville, CO