DFO Mountian Lake Scoter Trip Results

[Joey Kellner]

Five people joined me in the annual DFO "Scoter Trip" to various mountain lakes.

Two species of scoters were found!  :-)

A few Barrow's Goldeneye's were also seen as well as a surprising FIVE Greater Yellowlegs at Ice Pond in Buena Vista (VERY odd for November...and at such a high elevation).

The weather cooperated wonderfully with very light winds and only the occasional "spitting" water droplets.

Below are the summary results of the trip.

Joey Kellner
Littleton, Colorado

Date:	5-Nov-16
Number of Species	50
Number of Individuals	8,713
Number of Checklists	11
Species Name	Number Seen
Canada Goose	8
Gadwall	218
American Wigeon	53
Mallard	38
Northern Shoveler	3
Northern Pintail	2
Green-winged Teal	9
Canvasback	3
Redhead	2
Ring-necked Duck	40
Lesser Scaup	28
Surf Scoter	1
Black Scoter	1
Bufflehead	1,500
Common Goldeneye	7
Barrow's Goldeneye	3
Common Merganser	16
Ruddy Duck	45
Common Loon	13
loon sp.	1
Pied-billed Grebe	12
Eared Grebe	220
Western Grebe	137
Bald Eagle	1
Red-tailed Hawk	1
Rough-legged Hawk	2
American Coot	3,000
Greater Yellowlegs	5
Ring-billed Gull	9
California Gull	8
Herring Gull	2
Rock Pigeon	7
Lewis's Woodpecker	3
Merlin	1
Steller's Jay	1
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay	2
Black-billed Magpie	2
American Crow	61
Common Raven	6
Horned Lark	18
Black-capped Chickadee	2
Mountain Chickadee	1
Bushtit	12
White-breasted Nuthatch	2
Townsend's Solitaire	1
European Starling	26
Dark-eyed Junco	2
Song Sparrow	1
Spotted Towhee	1
Red Crossbill	4