Northcentral Weld County

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

Total of 51 species seen at Crom Lake (5% open), Black Hollow Reservoir (0% open), Drake Lake 30% open), Windsor Lake (30% open), Woods Lake (20% open), Angel Lake (60% open), Neff Lake (10% open), Neuman's Lake (5% open), 35th Ave Gravel Ponds (15% open), Siebring Reservoir (25% open), Loloff Reservoir (5% open), Weld CR 59 (5% open) and Latham-area (Reservoir 0% open, marsh wet areas-lots).  Woods, Angel and Windsor Lake full of birds.  Windsor Reservoir is frozen.  Loloff Reservoir now has two drilling rigs on shores--SW and NE ... :-(

Highlights:

Snow Goose - 5 (Angel Lake) Pic 1, Pic 2
Killdeer - 1 (Crom Lake)
Bald Eagle - 7 (Crom Lake - 2 (Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4), Black Hollow Reservoir - 1 (on nest), Neuman's Lake - 1 (on nest), Latham Reservoir - 2 (on nest), Nunn - 1
American White Pelican - 2 (Woods Lake)
Herring (3) Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Lesser Black-backed Gull (ad) - 1 (Woods Lake)
Lapland Longspur - 1 (Weld CR 33 btw Weld CR 98/100)
All three mergansers (Windsor Lake)
Our "resident" American Tree Sparrows singing their brains out yesterday (Nunn Yard)
Merlin - 1 (Nunn Yard)

All 51 species seen:

Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Horned Lark
Black-capped Chickadee
American Robin
European Starling
Lapland Longspur
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
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