All locations are Prowers County (unless noted). Friday May 15 was slow in Lamar but had a few things of note: Willow Valley Subdivision: RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (male continues to come to feeder for the third consecutive day) White-winged Dove (2) pair continues to build nest
Lamar Community College: Northern Waterthrush MacGillivray's Warbler Northern Cardinal (heard just south of the library on the west side of the road behind the college in the olives) Paulsen Property (north of Lamar in the northwest corner of the Jct of SS/7: Plumbeous Vireo (1) Orchard Oriole (1 young male) Barn Owl (1 adult and nestlings (heard) at a nest box inside the barn) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female) Private farmyard south of Lamar (Stulp): Broad-tailed Hummingbird (male) Hybrid Baltimore X Bullock's Oriole (male) Indigo and Lazuli Buntings MacGillivray's Warbler (2) Savannah Sparrow Nashville Warbler (seen by Jane only) Lots of other species Saturday May 16: Stulp farmyard: Broad-tailed Hummingbird (male still present, doing territorial display flights) Indigo Bunting (female) Chimney Swift (flyover, new for Jane's yard list) In general, major clearout of birds since yesterday when Jane had about 41 species in her yard Fairmount Cemetery: Summer Tanager (all-red male) tall pines s of the main entrance - what is up with this species this spring? PURPLE MARTIN (1 female, fly-over w to e at 8:30am) Northern Parula (1 male) Tennessee Warbler (heard) Cassin's Sparrow (heard far off to the west toward the Willow Creek Drainage west of Memorial Drive) FOS Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1) Black-headed Grosbeak (1 male) Lamar High School windbreak: Nothing of note, except a Mississippi Kite that will probably nest there and singing Cassin's Sparrows far off to the south Lamar Community College Woods: Report of male Tennessee Warbler (Dale Peterson) Vireo heard (either "solitary" or Yellow-throated) couldn't track it down Blue Grosbeak (male) Lincoln's Sparrow (at least 3) Blue Jay (eating a nestling Common Starling on the pavement and heard to murmur, "OK, that was the head, now what?") Riverside Cemetery: Nashville Warbler (1 bedraggled female, "eastern"?) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2) Hairy Woodpecker (1 mountain form) Orange-crowned Warbler (1, getting kind of late) At a private yard within the Willow Valley Subdivision east of Willow Creek Park, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird was NOT seen today. Apparently it has moved on. The female White-winged Dove is on the nest, presumably incubating eggs. The total for this 4-day visit in the Lamar area was 96 species (same number as the 4-day visit on 16-19April - both of these dates would not be considered "prime" in terms of migration peak in Lamar but produced respectable diversity and a few notable individual birds). Be advised traffic is still being stopped due to construction for long periods of time on US287 just south of Lamar, and that the State Patrol is in "revenue mode" in Lamar, just outside Lamar, near Eads, near Kit Carson, pretty much everywhere in southeastern CO. So are the Lamar City Police and the Prowers County Sheriffs. On the exactly 65 mph drive home: Nee Noshe Locust Grove (Kiowa): Yellow-breasted Chat American Redstart (male) Orchard Oriole (heard) Wilson's Warbler (1 male) Last Chance (Washington): Northern Waterthrush (2) occasionally chasing eachother GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (1) Swainson's Thrush (about 8) Common Yellowthroat (1 male) Spotted Towhee (female) not much else 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
