CObirders, An upslope storm in late April ... a formula for birding madness in Estes Park. The total at Lake Estes for our local group of bird nuts was 76 species. Some highlights:
Long-eared owl, our second record for the lake, in the bird sanctuary along the L. Estes Trail. Marbled godwits, 2 or 3 depending on when you were there, on the spit at the river inlet. Willet, greater yellowlegs, spotted sandpiper, least sandpiper, avocet, 60+ w-f ibis. Great egret and two snowy egrets. Black-crowned night-heron, in their favorite roosting area on Pine Point in the sanctuary. Hermit thrush, green-tailed towhee, spotted towhee, mourning dove, sage thrasher, marsh wren, Say's phoebe. Yellow-headed blackbird, one in a big flock of Brewer's at the marina. Song, Lincoln's, savannah, vesper, white-crowned, and Brewer's sparrows. Hooded merganser, cinnamon teal, blue-winged and green-winged teal, redhead. Loggerhead shrike, FOY. Bitterly cold but hot birding. Scott Roederer Estes Park --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
