Best bird today was the male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER at a private residence in Lafayette (see Rare Bird Alert for specific location). I'll post photos later. Other recent birds:
My neighborhood, 1/2 way between Boulder & Lyons: Fox Sparrow, seen and photographed on 24 April along the road to my house. Lowest altitude (5,700 feet0 that I've ever seen one in Boulder county. Broad-tailed Hummingbird, a male showed up on 4/24 within about an hour of our putting out a five-foot tall trumpet vine loaded with flowers. He's back again today. Other birds in the neighborhood include 3 Great Horned Owl chicks, a pair of Western Bluebirds that have been interested in a nest box for several days, a pair of American Kestrels that have been hanging out my house and nest box for many days, but may not be actually nesting yet. Several Cassin's Finches have been at my feeders for several days. Other birds early this morining: Boulder Reservoir: Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Western Grebe, 4 Clark's Grebe, 1. A pretty uncommon bird in Boulder County even though they're common at Union Reservoir (Weld) just to the east of the county line. American White Pelican, 1 White-faced Ibis, 3 Green-winged Teal, 2 Blue-winged Teal, 2 Ruddy Duck, 5 Osprey, 3 (I had 7 on 4/22 ) Northern Harrier, 1 female on 4/24 American Coot, 200 Peeps, 2 American Avocet, 21 Willet, 1 Marbled Godwit, 4 Long-billed Dowitcher, 3 Chipping Sparrow, 8 Franklin's Gull, 55 Bonaparte's Gull, 1 Thomas Reservoir: Bald Eagle, 2 subadults Walden Ponds: American White Pelican, 28 at Wally Toev's Pond Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1 Myrtle singing near the parking lot. David Waltman Boulder --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
