Friday, March 2, 2012

Cinnamon Teal among others 3/2

I checked quite a few lakes around the Loveland area this afternoon. I started with the Southwest area. At the pond at Bonnell Drive I saw 2 Great-tailed Grackles. A quick stop at Bud Mielke Reservoir produced quite a few birds which included the nesting Golden Eagles (they have been sitting on a nest now for about a week), a juvenile Bald Eagle, and a pair of Cinnamon Teal (135). Cattail Pond had a lot of birds, but only 3 species (American Coot, American Wigeon, and Redhead). Ryan's Gulch was also exciting. It had hundreds of birds, most of which were Redheads, Ring-necked Ducks, and Lesser Scaup. The interesting birds were 38 Canvasback, 2 Northern Pintail, 1 male Cinnamon Teal, 1 male Greater Scaup, 1 juvenile Bald Eagle, and 2 flyover Ferruginous Hawks. Horseshoe Lake had around 150 gulls, but I only saw 1 that was not a Ring-billed Gull and it was an adult California Gull. Boyd Lake also had a lot of gulls (all Ring-billed), but not much else around. Donath Reservoir had 3 Bald Eagles chasing each other around, which was quite a sight. Rist Benson had several Cackling Geese in with the Canadas, 2 Hooded Mergansers, lots of Lesser Scaup, and Redheads.

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