Hi Everyone-- Sunday 4/27 I was in SE Colorado driving north. On my way through Springfield, I noted 3 Great-tailed Grackles displaying on top of a street light. I drove east from US-287 along Baca CR VV toward Two Buttes SWA. Two Rock Wrens were perched on the barbed wire part of a barbed-wire fence--I didn't know they did that. A pair of Burrowing Owls was close to the road. Many Cassin's Sparrows were singing, and a few were skylarking, although they seemed less energetic in their skylarking than Cassin's in Arizona after a rain in July. Most birds were singing while perched. A badger waddled past me as I was watching the sparrows. I stopped behind the dam at Two Buttes, and found a singing male Northern Cardinal, a Wilson's Warbler, an Orange-crowned Warbler, a singing Canyon Wren, and too many Common Grackles. At the woods behind Lamar Community College, I saw a Curve-billed Thrasher (in a brush pile at the south end), a male Northern Cardinal (this one is shy; I only saw it in flight), a Red-bellied Woodpecker, and a Wilson's Warbler. At least three Brown Thrashers were singing.
Construction continues on US-287 between Springfield and Lamar. The wait was short for me, but the line of cars and trucks going south looked really long. Best to avoid the area if you can. Baca CR 8 to Black Mesa is a quite birdy way to get around the mess. Mark Miller Longmont, CO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
