Hello, Birders. Kei, Hannah, and Andrew and I saw and heard a second-calendar-year Summer Tanager at Crow Valley Campground, Weld County, late this morning, Saturday, June 6th. We had stopped for a picnic en route to the Pawnee National Grassland, and the bird just dropped in for a visit right above our picnic table. That was nice. We didn't really bird the rest of the campground, but we couldn't help but notice that Swainson's Thrushes were still staging there, as reported yesterday by Joey Kellner & Co. And the usual suspects: Orchard Oriole, Brown Thrasher, Northern Mockingbird, etc. Nothing earth-shattering out on the Pawnee, but it was nice to see Chestnut-collared Longspurs (along with gazillions of McCown's) at several stops. Maybe the lush conditions have something to do with that. Speaking of the lush conditions, Hannah had an interesting assessment of spectacular wildflower show out there: "They planted too many flowers this year." Also, we saw Western Wood-Pewees--migrants, of course, out in that habitat--at several sites on the Pawnee. Ted Floyd [email protected] Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -------------------------------
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