Early winter waterfowl count 11-20-05

This week-end was the early winter waterfowl count around the state of Colorado. I hit all the open lakes around Fremont County today finding reasonable numbers of waterfowl including several hundred dark-headed geese (most would be Canada's but some may have been Cackling Geese), some Gadwalls, Ring-billed Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, American Wigeon, Mallards, American Coots plus a few Pied-billed Grebes, Wood Ducks and one Greater Scaup. The 4 Sandhill Cranes that have been here this week were also seen again today. Following are the more unusual or otherwise notable species seen:

Brush Hollow Reservoir:
Surf Scoter-1 prob 1st winter bird that has been around all week

City water ponds on Tunnel Drive:
-Greater White-fronted Geese-5 (some have been present every year in this area)
-Ross'Goose-1 (very unusual to have this far west of their flyway)

SeEtta