Hi, all. No zugunruhe here... :-)
It was the real deal here in eastern Boulder County earlier this morning, Thursday, July 30th. Between 3:30 and 4:00, I heard the following flight calls: 1 Yellow Warbler, 28 Chipping Sparrows, 2 Lark Sparrows, and 1 Lark Bunting. Of special interest was an Upland Sandpiper (basically accidental in the county) that called 5 times as it flew over. Only Yellow Warbler breeds onsite. (Onsite = Greenlee Preserve in the city of Lafayette.) Besides, it was a solid hour before first light, so these weren't birds stirring at dawn. They were up there, going places. Conditions were perfect for the Upland Sandpiper and Lark Bunting (although not, I wouldn't have thought, for the Chipping Sparrows coming out of the mountains): light NNE winds, low cloud ceiling, light rain earlier in the evening. ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding ------------------------------- Please support the American Birding Association: Click on http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=884482 to search the internet. Check out the American Birding Association on FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22934255714 Check out the American Birding Association on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abaoutreach Please visit the website of the American Birding Association: http://www.aba.org -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES --
