Red-throated & Common Loons - Mesa County

[Mike Henwood]

This afternoon 4 of us spent about 2 hours birding Highline Lake SP and had over 30 species.

Highlights  included:

Red-throated Loon swimming close to two Common Loons.

Flock of 16 Snow Goose with one "Blue goose" among the flock.

Pair of Red-breasted Mergansers.

Bald Eagles engaging in courtship behavior including locking talons.

Bald Eagle pirating a fish from an Osprey.

Peregrine Falcon

Mike Henwood

Grand Junction

Mesa County