Sorry for the late post, got in late last night and crashed. Overall the migrants were thin (e g. Van's Grove, where Brandon is chasing a potential Acadian Flycatcher this morning, was silent yesterday - only a single Swainson's Thrush in there). Here are highlights:
Two Buttes (Baca County) - Great Crested Flycatcher - by far best bird in there, in tress just below dam - Swainson's Thrush (2) - N. Waterthrush (2) Lamar Community College - very quiet - Black and White Warbler (m) - Mac Warbler - N. Waterthrush (2) - Chimney Swifts are back, as are the Mississippi Kites (I think these were reported earlier this month by someone) Fairmont Cemetary (Lamar) - Nashville W - high up with some Orange-crowneds Thurston Res - lots of waterfowl, nothing unusual - Bonaparte's Gull (2) Tempel's Grove (best migrants of the day - all seen on the east side of the road. Birds were active despite very strong winds.) - HOODED WARBLER (f) - right off of road - Ovenbird - WORM-EATING WARBLER - way down the dyke - past the log piles and the last pile of old farm equipment - it was giving its buzzy "dzit" call note, very actively feeding. It first came up off of the face of the southern dyke wall. Same bird as found on May 1?? - Blue Grosbeak - Plumbious Vireo - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Swainson's Thrush (2) Cheraw Res (most shorebirds of any reservoir I stopped at) - Black-necked Stilt (26) - Baird's Sand (1) - Least Sand - Wilson's Phal - Dowitcher species - very far off Lake Holbook - Long-billed Curlew (3) - Snowy Egret (3) - Osprey Lake Henry - Forster's Tern (13 - only terns I saw all day) - Snowy Egret (3) On the interesting side, I saw few migratory sparrows - no Chipping, only one Clay-colored, for e.g. - very different dynamic from the front range. Have a Good One! Scott Shaum Monument, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
