Participating in the Breeding Bird Atlas project has made me more attuned to the breeding behavior of birds, in line with this, yesterday along the new bike path in Silverthorne, I came across both a pair of American Dippers and Cliff Swallows with nests.
Today, while hiking to the summit of Bald Mountain, I had breeding confirmations for Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Pipit and White-crowned Sparrows. There were also several very active Horned Larks which I suspect are breeding there but did not have the time to confirm as the purpose of the trip was primarily hiking--also a contributing factor to the low species count. Following is my eBird submission: Location: Summit County Observation date: 7/13/09 Notes: Hiked to the summit of Bald Mountain a.k.a. "Baldy" on the edge of Summit County. Low species count but the purpose of the trip was hiking and the weather turned bad so did not "chase" any birds. 3 species COnfirmed breeding by CF (carrying food). 5+ Pikas Number of species: 11 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Common Raven 1 Horned Lark 3 very active, around 12,000'; above Black Powder Pass Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 COnfirmed; CF (carrying food) Townsend's Solitaire 2 very high up, over 13,000', not a tree in sight; the birds appeared to be a pair as they were with each other. Hermit Thrush (Western mountains) 1 American Robin 3 American Pipit 5 probably a conservative count but focus was on hiking. COnfirmed CF (carrying food) Wilson's Warbler 1 White-crowned Sparrow (Mountain) 8 COnfirmed CF (carrying food) This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Nims Silverthorne, CO [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
