Hello, Birders. After exploring the Rabbit Mountain area (my posting from a moment ago), I popped in on various other spots in the lowlands of northern and eastern Boulder County, with a sneak into Weld County, too. Bullock's Orioles everywhere. And some other stuff. Here's what I came up with: 1. Cemex Toxic Dust Plant, east of Lyons, Boulder County. 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers, 2 Gray Catbirds, and 4 Bullock's Orioles. (Great-looking habitat in there.) 2. Pella Crossing, Boulder County. 1 Western Grebe, 2 Wilson's Snipes (including 1 giving an amazing display), 1 Cordilleran Flycatcher, 1 Say's Phoebe, 2 Eastern Kingbirds, 2 Western Warbling-Vireos, 4 Cedar Waxwings, 1 Vesper Sparrow, 4 Savannah Sparrows, 1 singing Bobolink, and 6 Bullock's Orioles. 3. McIntosh Lake, Boulder County. 7 Western Grebes, 2 Clark's Grebes, 3 Great Egrets, 1 Cedar Waxwing, and 1 Bullock's Oriole. 4. Jim Hamm Nature Study Area, Boulder County. 13 Redheads, 1 Ruddy Duck, 4 Pied-billed Grebes, 2 American Coots, 1 Say's Phoebe, 2 Marsh Wrens, 1 Blue Grosbeak, and 3 Bullock's Orioles. 5. Union Reservoir, Weld County. ~350 Western Grebes, 1 Osprey, 1 Rufous Hummingbird, and 1 Bullock's Oriole. 6. Little Gaynor Lake, Boulder County. 3 Cinnamon Teals, 1 Green-winged Teal, 3 American Avocets, and 1 Bullock's Oriole. This site actually has a tiny sliver of shoreline! Pretty much the only shorebird habitat in all of Boulder County right now, I would say. 7. Prince Lake No. 2. No shoreline here. In fact the lake was overflowing onto 111th Street. Nonetheless, there were single Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs here, working the flooded margins of the lake. Also 3 Cinnamon Teals, 3 Western Grebes, and 1 Great Egret. 8. Greenlee Preserve. The female hummingbird is continuing at the honeysuckles along South Fork Drive. I'm not so sure, anymore, that it's a Black-chinned. She has characters of Ruby-throated. However, I have not been able to get a good look at the bird perched. Stay tuned... Ted Floyd [email protected] Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding ------------------------------- Please support the American Birding Association: Click on http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=884482 to search the internet. Every search provides support to the ABA's programs in Education, Conservation, and Publications. Please visit the website of the American Birding Association: http://www.aba.org _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/
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