Colorado Christmas Bird Count highlights

[Brandon]

Since a few people were asking what were the highlights for this past winter's Colorado Christmas Bird Counts.

Here is a quick report.  The species total for the 49 Colorado CBCs is 199 species on count day, plus six count week species.  There are many other highlights, that I will summarize in my Annual Summary, for Colorado CBCs.

Here are the countable species that were only found on 1 of the 49 Colorado CBC (count day species) this past winter:

Black Scoter (Durango CBC)

Greater Sage-Grouse (Granby)

Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Gunnison)

Greater Prairie-Chicken (Bonny Reservoir)

Red-throated Loon (Pueblo Reservoir)

Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo Reservoir)

Black-crowned Night-Heron (Denver (Urban)

Osprey (Hotchkiss)

Mew Gull (Pueblo Reservoir)

Glaucous-winged Gull (Loveland)

Greater Roadrunner (Pueblo Reservoir)

Williamson's Sapsucker (Pueblo)

Eastern Phoebe (Fort Collins)

Carolina Wren (John Martin Reservoir)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Grand Junction)

Wood Thrush (Pueblo)

Varied Thrush (North Jeff Co)

Gray Catbird (Rocky Ford)

Sage Thrasher (Hotchkiss)

Bohemian Waxwing (Steamboat Springs)

Snow Bunting (Granby)

Orange-crowned Warbler (Grand Junction)

Common Yellowthroat (Boulder)

Pine Warbler (Longmont)

Field Sparrow (Colorado Springs)

Fox Sparrow - Sooty (Boulder)

Fox Sparrow - Slate-colored (Roaring Fork River Valley)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Grand Junction)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (John Martin Reservoir)

Rusty Blackbird (John Martin Reservoir)

Purple Finch (John Martin Reservoir)

Here are the Count Week only species:

Eurasian Wigeon (Penrose)

White-tailed Ptarmigan (Aspen)

Yellow-billed Loon (John Martin Reservoir)

Clark's Grebe (Pueblo Reservoir)

Dunlin (Loveland)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Longmont)

Fox Sparrow - Red (John Martin Reservoir)

Brandon Percival

Colorado CBC Regional Editor
Pueblo West, CO