Nick Komar, Sue Riffe and I hit a few good spots in Weld County today, and found some interesting birds. At sunrise we birded at Lower Latham Reservoir mostly from the east-side 'overlook' to search for terns, and found the Common Terns and an Arctic Tern which may or may not have been the same individual found by Cole Wild the day before, since the bird we found was a younger bird (non-adult) while Cole's was an adult. The bird was quite distant, seen on and around the reservoir spillway and viewable only in high-power scopes, but the seeing was excellent this morning with calm conditions and low overcast keeping heat waves from developing until later in the morning.
Along WCR 40 in Beebe Draw, we encountered a group of about 30 juvenile White-faced Ibis, including one leucistic individual that had a rather buffy neck and head. Later, at Crow Valley campground, we searched in vain for some of the interesting warblers seen the day before, although we did find one female MacGillivray's Warbler. All the other warblers were Wilson's, but in general breezy conditions and warming weather seemed to conspire to keep overall bird numbers down. We did find a Field Sparrow, and we had both Hammond's and Dusky Flycatchers, but the real highlight was a possible ALDER FLYCATCHER, found near the campground entrance near the bend in the paved road before it turns to gravel. When I first saw it I immediately thought Traill's and photographed it, and with Nick and Sue assisting, we were able to refind it and take a few more helpful photos. I have these posted now on my Flickr site and welcome constructive comments and thoughts: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferruginous/sets/72157622238655707/ -- Eric DeFonso Fort Collins, CO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
