Large numbers of snow geese and lesser Canadas have migrated into southeast Colorado.
A Nov. 27 aerial survey by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the first of a series of monthly counts, revealed more than 10,000 snows on John Martin Reservoir, a large part of the 25,201 white geese scattered around the region.
The survey also counted 12,108 Canada geese and 19,163 ducks. These are the reservoirs with the greatest concentrations:
Snow geese: John Martin 10,001; Meredith 4,000; Nee Gronda 4,000; Nee Noshe 3,500; Holly gravel pit 2,000; Turks Pond 700; Bonny 500.
Canada geese: Bonny 4,000; Turks Pond 2,500; Nee Noshe 2,000; John Martin 1,403; Carlton gravel pit 1,000.
Ducks: Bonny 10,500; Clay’s ponds 2,524; John Martin 1,237; Arkansas River Lamar to John Martin 1,233; Nee Gronda 855.
Ritter online. In what ranks as a rarity for a governor, Colorado’s Bill Ritter is featured on the Field and Stream magazine fly-fishing blog, Flytalk. Ritter shares a grip-and-grin photo op with a nice rainbow trout, taken on the North Fork of the South Platte River. The piece discusses his avid interest in angling.
