Friday, November 16, 2012

South Platte Park

Male and a female American Wigeon

Yesterday morning after class I went over to South Platte Park to look for some winter ducks. I managed to find 31 species total. The Common Mergansers, gulls, Cackling and Canada Geese where all found on Cooley Lake.

1 Snow Goose
Male American Wigeon
10 Cackling Geese
300 Canada Geese
15 Gadwall
100 American Wigeon
15 Mallard
25 Northern Shoveler
2 Northern Pintail
20 Redhead
15 Ring-necked Duck
10 Buffleheads
4 Common Goldeneye
10 Hooded Mergansers
50 Common Mergansers
2 Pied-billed Grebes
2 Western Grebes
1 Bald Eagle
3 Red-tailed hawk
1 Unidentified dark morph raptor.
20 American Coot
10 Ring-billed Gulls
4 Belted Kingfisher
5 Northern Flicker
6 Black-billed Magpies
10 American Crows
4 Black-capped Chickadees
10 European Starlings
4 American Tree Sparrows
5 Song Sparrow
5 Red-winged Blackbirds
4 House Finches

-Megan



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