Nunn CBC Results

[robert beauchamp]

A team of six of us completed the Nunn CBC yesterday.

First off, it was a gorgeous day out on the grasslands. Temperatures were mild for December and we had little wind, which made for good birding.

30 species included:

• Cackling Goose (new for the count)
  
• Canada Goose
  
• Golden Eagle
  
• Bald Eagle
  
• Red-tailed Hawk
  
• Rough-legged Hawk
  
• Ferruginous Hawk
  
• Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• Great Horned Owl
• Downy Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• American Kestrel
  
• Merlin
  
• Prairie Falcon
  
• Northern Shrike
  
• Blue Jay
  
• Black-billed Magpie
  
• Common Raven 
  
• Horned Lark
  
• Mountain Bluebird (new for the count)
  
• Townsend's Solitaire
  
• American Robin (112 was a high count; Fort Collins also had an AMRO high count this year)
  
• European Starling (also a high count)
  
• Lapland Longspur
  
• Snow Bunting (last count sighting in 1996)
  
• American Tree Sparrow
  
• Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
  
• Song Sparrow
  
• Western Meadowlark
  
• House Sparrow
  

There are still many more counts between now and January 4th to participate in. 

Happy holidays!

-Robert Beauchamp

Fort Collins