The Great Boulder Caper, v. 2024: Quick recap
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Ted Floyd
Nov 30, 2024, 1:00:52 AM11/30/24
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Hey, all.
The Great Boulder Caper, sponsored by Colorado Field Ornithologists, was great fun. Sixteen of us got things going shortly after sunrise this chilly Fri. morning, Nov. 29, and four of us were still Capering well past sundown.
Just the highlights:
McIntosh Lake—4 snow geese, 1 greater white-fronted goose, 3 snow goose x cackling goose hybrids, 1 lesser black-backed gull, 1 eared grebe, 1 northern shrike, and the first of 10 bald eagles we would see on The Caper.
Golden Ponds—4 more snow geese, 1 Ross goose, 1 Bonaparte gull, the first of 5 ferruginous hawks on The Caper, 1 marsh wren, 1 American dipper, and 1 swamp sparrow.
Just the highlights:
McIntosh Lake—4 snow geese, 1 greater white-fronted goose, 3 snow goose x cackling goose hybrids, 1 lesser black-backed gull, 1 eared grebe, 1 northern shrike, and the first of 10 bald eagles we would see on The Caper.
Golden Ponds—4 more snow geese, 1 Ross goose, 1 Bonaparte gull, the first of 5 ferruginous hawks on The Caper, 1 marsh wren, 1 American dipper, and 1 swamp sparrow.
Lagerman Reservoir—85 northern pintails, 44 ruddy ducks, 1 tardy least sandpiper, and 1 light-morph rough-legged hawk.
Swede Lake No. 1—a blue goose, 2 more greater white-fronted geese, 4 more snow goose x cackling goose hybrids, and the first of 6 golden eagles on The Caper.
in the vicinity of a residence along Old South St. Vrain Rd.—45 survivors, 4 Steller jays, 4 Woodhouse jays, 1 white-throated sparrow, and a diverse junco flock (with slate-colored, Cassiar, Oregon, pink-sided, and gray-headed juncos).
at the Bitterbrush trailhead—only eagles! 2 bald and 3 golden.
Legion Park overlook—a horned grebe and the merganser motherlode; one pod had 1,081 common mergs (1x1 count).
Sawhill ponds—a singing eastern screech-owl.
It was a wonderful Caper! Thanks to everybody for the mirth & good cheer. We'll do it again next year, for sure!
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder Co.
in the vicinity of a residence along Old South St. Vrain Rd.—45 survivors, 4 Steller jays, 4 Woodhouse jays, 1 white-throated sparrow, and a diverse junco flock (with slate-colored, Cassiar, Oregon, pink-sided, and gray-headed juncos).
at the Bitterbrush trailhead—only eagles! 2 bald and 3 golden.
Legion Park overlook—a horned grebe and the merganser motherlode; one pod had 1,081 common mergs (1x1 count).
Sawhill ponds—a singing eastern screech-owl.
It was a wonderful Caper! Thanks to everybody for the mirth & good cheer. We'll do it again next year, for sure!
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder Co.
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