Tuesday, January 31, 2012

A few Lakes in the Loveland area 1/31

Today I had some errands to run today on my day off, so I combined it with some birding. Just after I left my house as I was driving north on County Road 23E I found 3 Eastern Bluebirds sitting on the telephone wire.
The next birding stop was Timnath Reservoir with the best birds being 2 Gadwall. At Kechter Pit on the southwest side of I-25 and Harmony there was a group of 4 Gadwall. Horseshoe Lake at 1:15 didn't have very many gulls and nothing of interest. Cattail Pond was again productive with the Trumpeter Swan, a Gadwall, 2 Bufflehead, and 3 Lesser Scaup. At the pond at Bonnell Drive there was a group of Great-tailed Grackles sitting on top of a barn. I ended up taking a lot of photos during this brief outing.
                                                     Western Meadowlark

                                                   Downy Woodpecker

                                                   American Kestrel

                                                   House Sparrow

                                                   House Sparrow

                                                     American Crow

                                                    American Crow

                                                    American Crow

                                                  Ring-billed Gull

                                                  Ring-billed Gull

                                                  Mallard

                                                   Cackling Goose

                                                   Cackling Goose

                                                    Cackling Goose

                                                    American Robin

                                                 American Robin

                                                  Trumpeter Swan

                                                    Trumpeter Swan

                                                   Gadwall

                                                  Redhead

                                                 Lesser Scaup

                                                   Lesser Scaup

                                                 Common Goldeneye

                                                    Bufflehead

                                                   Great-tailed Grackle

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