Big Day (Bird Race)
1 January 1998
by Brandon K. Percival
Big Day Statistics:
"We wanted to start 1998 off with a bang and we did. We had quite a few staked out birds, that we did not see. During the morning in the mountains it was quite windy, which made us miss some birds we should have found. All and all it was a good day with some rare birds to make it exciting for all of us."
Species List:
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Oldsquaw
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk (Mark and Joey missed)
Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Scaled Quail
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Common Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
Rock Dove
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Mourning Dove
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Long-eared Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Lewis's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Horned Lark
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Rock Wren
Bewick's Wren
American Dipper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
Northern Shrike
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Canyon Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO
flammowl@juno.com