This morning we had a bird field trip for the City of Fort Collins Master Naturalists Class of 2009. Our area was basically the Poudre River from Sharp Point Drive at Prospect southeast thru Prospect Ponds Natural Area along the bike trail to the Environmental Learning Center parking lot and back. This afternoon after lunch I went back and did the bike trail from Prospect north thru Cattail Chorus Natural Area including the woodland on the east side of the bike trail north of Confluence Pond.
Highlights this morning south of Prospect were: Peregrine Falcon (not seen very well, nor by very many of us, but it has been hanging out in the vacinity of the Larimer County Jail and working the ponds to the east (i.e. Prospect Ponds NA). Broad-winged Hawk (one adult soared over moving north) Empidonax flycatcher (2 that were probably Leasts but we left them unidentified) Snowy Egret (at least 6) Forster's Tern (1) FOS for me in Fort Collins area lots of Spizella sparrows of all three expected species (mostly Chipping, few Clay-colored, at least one Brewer's) Green-tailed Towhee (1) Lincoln's Sparrow (heard) Green Heron (1 seen poorly as it flew off to the pond north of the feedlot) - probably will be in this area all summer Bunting sp. (heard only) Highlights this afternoon north of Prospect were: BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (1 male) in the woods northeast of Confluence Pond bridge (i.e. north end of "The G(ood) Spot", to those of you familiar with this area, site of many good birds in the past) eating various insects in sapling green ash, boxelders and cottonwoods - working obliguingly low most of the time Gray Flycatcher (1) se corner of Confluence Pond working the edge of Russian olives Least Flycatcher (at least 2) sorry Empidonax (2-3 others, left unidentified) - major influx of little flycatchers since yesterday Eastern Kingbird (1) FOS for me in Fort Collins area PALM WARBLER (1 western) working the channel and coyote willows between Confluence Pond Bridge and the Poudre River Grosbeak sp. (heard the squeak a few times, couldn't find it) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (heard a few) FOS up here for me Green-tailed Towhee (3+) Lincoln's Sparrow (5+) Swainson's Thrush (3) FOS for me up here All day long were zillions of Yellow-rumped Warblers and Chipping Sparrows. As others have said, one of those big migration days. Total of 66 species Snapping Turtle (2 huge individuals sunning on logs at Chorus Frog Pond, which is south of Confluence Pond) Dave Leatherman Fort Collins --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
