Bonny Reservoir Wildlife Area Christmas Count CoBus

December 19, 2015

Bryan Ehlmann:

Six birders joined Richard Stevens and me on the Bonny Reservoir Wildlife Area CoBus Christmas Count today. 

I will not list all the birds found, see a future "Colorado Field Notes" for that.

Highlights included the following:

Hale Ponds and Hale
Eastern Screech-Owl (2 at Hale Ponds)
Short-eared Owl (flying east of Hale Ponds)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (7, Hale Ponds)
Fox Sparrow (red form, Hale)
Eastern Bluebirds (16, various locations)

Bonny Reservoir Wildlife Area
Common Redpoll
Eastern Screech-Owl (4)
Northern Cardinal (2)
Lewis's Woodpecker (2 Fosters Grove and 1 south side of Bonny)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1 fosters grove, 1 south side of Bonny)

Undisclosed Location:
Northern Saw-whet Owl!