Weekend Birding [Weld County]

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

Saturday,Raptor Alley pre-scout trip:

• Prairie Falcon - 1
• Red-tailed Hawk - 16
• American Kestrel - 8
• Ferruginous Hawk - 3
• Golden Eagle - 2
• Mountain Bluebird - 37+
• American Pipit - 3 (Weld CR 90/31)
• Mule Deer - 2
• Pronghorn - 28

Sunday

• Laplang Longspur - 8+ (Weld CR 96/35)
• American Tree Sparrow -1 (Crom Lake)
• Greater Yellowlegs - 1 (Weld CR 84/31 Marsh)
• Windsor Lake gulls (Herring, Ring-billed and California) -- LOTS
• Long-billed Dowitcher - 5, Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 (Windsor Lake)
• American Pipit - 12+; Long-billed Dowitcher - 3;Least Sandpiper - 1 (Weld CR 74/61 pond)
• Lapland Longspur - 4+ (Weld CR 51/90)
• Yard: Sandhill Crane - 50+; Dark-eyed Junco; Clay-colored Sparrow - 3

Funny to see American White Pelican, Barn and Cliff Swallow with snow on the ground.

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

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