October 2007 Blog Posts (14)

The thousands of sandhill cranes that flew over our house on October 11 inspired me to start this yahoo group:

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/carterlakewildlifesightings/

Nothing unusual this morning ...



Snow Goose (new)

Canada Goose

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Bufflehead

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser (New)

Ruddy Duck

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Northern Harrier

Red-tailed Hawk

American…

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Four of us Fort Collins Audubon members were out and about in lower

Fort Collins/Loveland area on a glorious morning (weather--no wind).



Fossil Creek Reservoir - really low

Hooded Merganser best bird



Ryan Gulch Reservoir

Bonaparte's Gull - 8

Long-billed Dowitcher - 10

Mixed chickadee flock - 2->3 dozen



Cattail Pond

Joe LaFleur Birding Class sighting



Bud Mielke Reservoir

Great-tailed Grackle -… Continue

There is a report of a Ross's Gull at John Martin Reservoir in SE Colorado. This would be only the second Colorado record (1980). Gary

745am

Surf Scoter - 1(f) at 35th Ave gravel ponds (west).

Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO
I am a Colorado Birder, are you?
http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/

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The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has announced the purchase of 168 acres to expand the Ramah State Wildlife Area in eastern El Paso County. The project marks the first time the DOW has made a land purchase funded by the sale of the Colorado Habitat Stamp.



Earlier this year, the DOW used Habitat Stamp funds for a perpetual fishing access easement along the Arkansas River in Lake County, but expansion of Ramah marks the first time Habitat…

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To protect critical Gunnison-sage grouse habitat in western Colorado, the Colorado Division of Wildlife recently purchased 350 acres adjacent to the Dan Noble State Wildlife Area (formerly Miramonte) in San Miguel County.



The parcel contains roosting and nesting habitat for a major percentage of the birds that live in the area, explained Jim Garner, wildlife conservation biologist for the DOW in Montrose. The DOW estimates that about 200 birds inhabit the area in and around the state… Continue

"Bay could become paradise lost for hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation”

Published September 25, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC (September 25) – A new report on the impact of global warming on the Chesapeake Bay calls for a major shift in how land is managed in the bay to protect the nation’s most prized hunting and fishing grounds.…

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In the rolling hills of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, the dance of the greater prairie-chicken mimics the rhythms of the landscape.

Read full story here

This edition of Bird Banter appeared Oct. 3, 2007 in the Outdoors section of the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. Please ask permission from the author, bgorges4@msn.com, before reproducing it in any publication, virtual or hard copy, commercial or…

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U.S. farmers cultivate more than 400 million acres of cropland annually to provide food, fiber, and energy to meet the needs of a growing domestic and global population. These “working lands” cover a fifth of the country’s total area and are an extremely important, and often overlooked, part of the ecological heritage of the United States.

http://www.audubon.org/bird/waterbirds/WWL.html

Mike O'Connor, owner of Bird Watcher's General Store, writes the popular article, Ask the Bird Folks, for The Cape Codder newspaper. Every week Mike tries to answer some of life's most challenging questions. You know, bird questions.

Dead Eiders in Wellfleet, MA - 10/12/07

Birding with Kevin Cook

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Fort Collins Audubon Society

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A Class about Birds and Birding

Fall 2007…

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Mike O'Connor, owner of Bird Watcher's General Store, writes the popular article, Ask the Bird Folks, for The Cape Codder newspaper. Every week Mike tries to answer some of life's most challenging questions. You know, bird questions.

Some Ducks Molt