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Thread #142444   Message #3301865
Posted By: NightWing
04-Feb-12 - 12:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: Birdwatching 2012
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching 2012
If anyone is not a member of eBird <http://ebird.org> yet, you should check it out!!!

Up to 13 at home this year:

Canada Goose [Branta canadensis]
Red-tailed Hawk [Buteo jamaicensis]
Eurasian Collared-Dove [Streptopelia decaocto]
Great Horned Owl [Bubo virginianus]
Downy Woodpecker [Picoides pubescens]
Northern Flicker [Colaptes auratus]
Blue Jay [Cyanocitta cristata]
American Crow [Corvus brachyrhynchos]
American Robin [Turdus migratorius]
European Starling [Sturnus vulgaris]
Dark-eyed Junco [Junco hyemalis]
House Finch [Carpodacus mexicanus]
House Sparrow [Passer domesticus]

Raptor asked for my list for all of Colorado as well, now up to 87 (again, for 2012).

Snow Goose [Chen caerulescens]
Cackling Goose [Branta hutchinsii]
Canada Goose [Branta canadensis]
Trumpeter Swan [Cygnus buccinator]
Gadwall [Anas strepera]
American Wigeon [Anas americana]
Mallard [Anas platyrhynchos]
Northern Shoveler [Anas clypeata]
Northern Pintail [Anas acuta]
Green-winged Teal [Anas crecca]
Canvasback [Aythya valisineria]
Redhead [Aythya americana]
Ring-necked Duck [Aythya collaris]
Lesser Scaup [Aythya affinis]
Long-tailed Duck [Clangula hyemalis]
Bufflehead [Bucephala albeola]
Common Goldeneye [Bucephala clangula]
Hooded Merganser [Lophodytes cucullatus]
Common Merganser [Mergus merganser]
Ruddy Duck [Oxyura jamaicensis]
Pied-billed Grebe [Podilymbus podiceps]
Horned Grebe [Podiceps auritus]
Eared Grebe [Podiceps nigricollis]
Western Grebe [Aechmophorus occidentalis]
Double-crested Cormorant [Phalacrocorax auritus]
Great Blue Heron [Ardea herodias]
Bald Eagle [Haliaeetus leucocephalus]
Northern Harrier [Circus cyaneus]
Cooper's Hawk [Accipiter cooperii]
Red-tailed Hawk [Buteo jamaicensis]
Rough-legged Hawk [Buteo lagopus]
Golden Eagle [Aquila chrysaetos]
American Kestrel [Falco sparverius]
Prairie Falcon [Falco mexicanus]
American Coot [Fulica americana]
Ring-billed Gull [Larus delawarensis]
California Gull [Larus californicus]
Herring Gull [Larus argentatus]
Thayer's Gull [Larus thayeri]
Lesser Black-backed Gull [Larus fuscus]
Glaucous Gull [Larus hyperboreus]
Rock Pigeon [Columba livia]
Eurasian Collared-Dove [Streptopelia decaocto]
Mourning Dove [Zenaida macroura]
Great Horned Owl [Bubo virginianus]
Snowy Owl [Bubo scandiacus]
Belted Kingfisher [Megaceryle alcyon]
Downy Woodpecker [Picoides pubescens]
Hairy Woodpecker [Picoides villosus]
Northern Flicker [Colaptes auratus]
Northern Shrike [Lanius excubitor]
Steller's Jay [Cyanocitta stelleri]
Blue Jay [Cyanocitta cristata]
Western Scrub-Jay [Aphelocoma californica]
Black-billed Magpie [Pica hudsonia]
American Crow [Corvus brachyrhynchos]
Common Raven [Corvus corax]
Black-capped Chickadee [Poecile atricapillus]
Mountain Chickadee [Poecile gambeli]
Bushtit [Psaltriparus minimus]
Red-breasted Nuthatch [Sitta canadensis]
White-breasted Nuthatch [Sitta carolinensis]
Pygmy Nuthatch [Sitta pygmaea]
Brown Creeper [Certhia americana]
American Dipper [Cinclus mexicanus]
Western Bluebird [Sialia mexicana]
Townsend's Solitaire [Myadestes townsendi]
American Robin [Turdus migratorius]
European Starling [Sturnus vulgaris]
Bohemian Waxwing [Bombycilla garrulus]
Yellow-rumped Warbler [Setophaga coronata]
Spotted Towhee [Pipilo maculatus]
American Tree Sparrow [Spizella arborea]
Song Sparrow [Melospiza melodia]
White-crowned Sparrow [Zonotrichia leucophrys]
Golden-crowned Sparrow [Zonotrichia atricapilla]
Dark-eyed Junco [Junco hyemalis]
Red-winged Blackbird [Agelaius phoeniceus]
Western Meadowlark [Sturnella neglecta]
Great-tailed Grackle [Quiscalus mexicanus]
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch [Leucosticte tephrocotis]
House Finch [Carpodacus mexicanus]
Pine Siskin [Spinus pinus]
Lesser Goldfinch [Spinus psaltria]
American Goldfinch [Spinus tristis]
Evening Grosbeak [Coccothraustes vespertinus]
House Sparrow [Passer domesticus]

Definite and obvious misses so far:

A Greater Roadrunner has been hanging around on a ridge west of Denver: FAAAAAR out of its normal range. I still haven't managed to see it, though dozens (hundreds?) of other Denver-area birders have.

Horned Lark, Ferruginous Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Killdeer, Ring-necked Pheasant, and Canyon Wren.

Tomorrow (2012 Feb 4): Boulder's GULLAPALOOZA - The only day in the year that we get to go into the grounds (most importantly, the cooling ponds) of the Valmont power plant. With the storm last night, all day today, and tonight, the gulls should be hanging out RIGHT THERE for us. Possibility of as many as 5 lifers for me. Wish me luck!!!

BB,
NightWing