Results of Barrow's Goldeneye Count

[Jason Beason]

At total of 247 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported 22 November through 2 December across the state. The average for the first 14 years of the count is 205 so we were well above average.

Here is the list of places they were counted, county, and totals for each location:

Shadow Mountain Reservoir (Grand) - 47

Catamount Lake (Routt) - 44

Frying Pan River (Eagle) - 35

Blue River Water Treatment Plant (Summit) - 32

Statecoach Reservoir (Routt) - 31

Coryell Ranch (Garfield) - 15

South Platte River @ 78th (Adams) - 11

Ranch of the Roaring Fork (Garfield) - 10

Lake Granby (Grand) - 4

Vega Lake (Mesa) - 4

Ice Pond (Chaffee) - 3

McIntosh Reservoir (Boulder) - 3

Rifle Gap Reservoir (Garfield) - 2

Terry Lake (Boulder) - 1

Timnath Reservoir (Larimer) - 1

Ferril Lake (Denver City Park - Denver County) - 1

Addenbrooke Park (Jefferson) - 1

Lathrop State Park (Huerfano) - 1

Union Reservoir (Weld) - 1

(19 locations)

Thanks to everyone that reported totals to CoBirds, West Slope Bird Network, and eBird!

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Jason Beason
Special Monitoring Projects Coordinator
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory