January 20, 2011
Richard Stevens:
Jacob Washburn, Ray Simmons and I searched for the Tufted Duck in Boulder County. We covered similar lakes that I looked at on Monday 17th. Again, we had no success in finding the duck. We did not hear of any sightings of the Tufted Duck.
Along our trek, we stopped at the North Teller Lake parking area along Valmont. An hour search for the Golden-crowned Sparrow did not turn up the sparrow. In my past two successful attempts, the Golden-crowned Sparrow was with a dozen White-crowned Sparrows along the path to North Teller Lake.
Today an American Kestrel perched in the tall cottonwood along Valmont. We found no birds moving about in the tall grasses below the tree. Several sparrows came out of the cattails and brush at the eastern end of the open space. These birds zoomed past the open field overlooked by the American Kestrel and rapidly hid in the windbreak next to the parking area.
Fourteen White-crowned Sparrows, no Golden-crowned Sparrow were later found in the windbreak.
We scoped the Valmont Reservoir complex for an hour. The Tundra Swan was still there. No one could point out a Tufted Duck.
We stopped briefly at the Greenlee Preserve and again I missed the Swamp Sparrow reported a few days earlier.
The 1st cycle Glaucous Gull was again on the ice with several hundred Ring-billed Gulls and two Herring Gulls at the Parkside Center Pond.
On the way home, we could not resist stopping at 88th avenue & Colorado Blvd and walk down the S. Platte River. The Long-tailed Duck was still on the northern West Gravel Lake. Two pairs of Barrow's Goldeneyes were on the Platte River south of the green/white tower.
A Prairie Falcon, male & female Northern Harrier, half a dozen American Pipits, and an adult Bald Eagle were also found.
Richard Stevens:
Jacob Washburn, Ray Simmons and I searched for the Tufted Duck in Boulder County. We covered similar lakes that I looked at on Monday 17th. Again, we had no success in finding the duck. We did not hear of any sightings of the Tufted Duck.
Along our trek, we stopped at the North Teller Lake parking area along Valmont. An hour search for the Golden-crowned Sparrow did not turn up the sparrow. In my past two successful attempts, the Golden-crowned Sparrow was with a dozen White-crowned Sparrows along the path to North Teller Lake.
Today an American Kestrel perched in the tall cottonwood along Valmont. We found no birds moving about in the tall grasses below the tree. Several sparrows came out of the cattails and brush at the eastern end of the open space. These birds zoomed past the open field overlooked by the American Kestrel and rapidly hid in the windbreak next to the parking area.
Fourteen White-crowned Sparrows, no Golden-crowned Sparrow were later found in the windbreak.
We scoped the Valmont Reservoir complex for an hour. The Tundra Swan was still there. No one could point out a Tufted Duck.
We stopped briefly at the Greenlee Preserve and again I missed the Swamp Sparrow reported a few days earlier.
The 1st cycle Glaucous Gull was again on the ice with several hundred Ring-billed Gulls and two Herring Gulls at the Parkside Center Pond.
On the way home, we could not resist stopping at 88th avenue & Colorado Blvd and walk down the S. Platte River. The Long-tailed Duck was still on the northern West Gravel Lake. Two pairs of Barrow's Goldeneyes were on the Platte River south of the green/white tower.
A Prairie Falcon, male & female Northern Harrier, half a dozen American Pipits, and an adult Bald Eagle were also found.
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