Weld Cty 3/31/15

[Sue Riffe]

Hello everyone,

While check some of my favorite marshy spots in Weld County, here are the highlights;

SR 66 & Platte River

Barn Swallow - 1

Bald Eagle - 1 on nest

Bee Bee Draw

Blue-winged teal - 2 on WCR 42, 8 on WCR 48

Cinnamon Teal - 4 on WCR 40, 14 on WCR 48

American Avocet - 1 on WCR 48

Greater Yellowlegs - 3 on WCR 40, 5 on WCR 48

Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 on WCR 40

Mountain Plover - 1 on WCR 42 (I know, my first one in these whole area!)

Sandhill Crane - 1 on WCR 48

Barn Owl - 1 on WCR 40 between 43 and 45

Burrowing Owl - 3 on WCR 42

Bald Eagle - 1 on nest at WCR 48

Loloff 

Cinnamon Teal - 5

59 Pond

Blue-winged Teal - 2

Cinnamon teal - 5

Black-necked Stilt - 5

Greater Yellowlegs - 3

Lesser Yellowlegs - 1

Burrowing Owl - 2 SW of ponds on dirt mound 

Stewart's Pond

Blue-winged Teal - 2

Cinnamon Teal - 6

Canvasback - 30

Greater Yellowlegs - 1

Union Reservoir

Red-breasted Mergansers - 13

4 Grebe species - Eared, Pied-billed, Clark's & Western

Franklin's Gulls - 5

Osprey - on platform on NE corner

Happy birding everyone!

Sue Riffe

Lyons, CO