Field Trip Report
Sunday October 28, 2001
Loveland Area
Leader: Nick Komar
Eleven participants joined leader Nick Komar in a tour of nine lakes in
the Loveland area, 8 am to 12:30 pm, Oct 28. Sites visited were (in
order): Lake Loveland, Cattail Pond, Farm Pond on CR21 (south of Cattail
Pond), Lone Tree Reservoir, Bodecker Reservoir, Buckingham Lake, Pond east
of Cemetery, Horseshoe Lake and Boyd Lake. The most unusual bird of the
day was an immature white phase Snow Goose eating grass with Canada Geese
near the Lake Loveland Swim Beach. The species list follows:
Common Loon-3
Horned Grebe-10
Eared Grebe-3
Western Grebe-250
Clark's Grebe-1
American White Pelican-150
Snow Goose-1 Canada Goose-100
Wood Duck-2 Gadwall-20
American Wigeon-20
Mallard-100
Redhead-150
Ring-necked Duck-30
Bufflehead-9
Common Merganser-5
Ruddy Duck-1
Northern Harrier-1
Sharp-shinned Hawk-2
Red-tailed Hawk-2
Ferruginous Hawk-1
American Coot-10
Bonaparte's Gull-6
Ring-billed Gull-300
California Gull-20
Herring Gull-12
Belted Kingfisher-2
Northern Flicker-6
Blue Jay-4
Black-billed Magpie-6
American Crow-4
Horned Lark-2
Black-capped Chickadee-1
American Robin-2
European Starling-100
Song Sparrow-2
Red-winged Blackbird-200
House Finch-2
American Goldfinch-9