34 participants set out in -5 degree weather Sunday morning to tally 73 species (preliminary count) on the Barr Lake CBC. As temperatures warmed to a balmy 23 degrees, observers found a handful of Snow Geese and a single Ross's Goose among the thousands of Cackling and Canada Geese. Highlights included
Hooded Mergansers
Red-breasted Mergansers
Wild Turkey
Chukar (the sole survivor of six released last year)
Harlan's Hawk
Merlin
Barn Owl
Northern Shrike
Say's Phoebe (first time on count)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern and Western)
Brown Creeper
Spotted Towhee
Lapland Longspur
Great-tailed Grackle
Thanks to all who participated.
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Chuck Hundertmark
2546 Lake Meadow Drive
Lafayette, CO 80026