Crow Valley Campground (Weld) was pretty quiet at mid-day today but it had a few interesting things.
Highlights: White-throated Sparrow (1 imm) FOS, with White-crowns, both spp. nipping at the seeds heads of some type of mint Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1) getting sort of late Townsend's Solitaire (2) others have had these on the plains this fall, but FOS for me Dark-eyed Junco (1 female Oregon) FOS for this subspecies Hermit Thrush (1) Townsend's Warbler (1f) getting late, don't think I've had too many in October ever Orange-crowned Warbler (1) in southwest corner peachleaf willow (aphids?) Mountain Bluebird (5) Song Sparrow (1) without water, they never seem to make it past mid-winter at Crow Valley Robins and solitaires were in Russian-olives. Elm leaf beetles seem to have gone to bed for the winter, so action in Siberian elm greatly reduced. Barn Swallows gone from Briggsdale. Four mammals: fox squirrel (eating Russian-olives, also eating cottonwood buds), 13-lined ground-squirrel, black-tailed jack rabbit, pronghorn (small group of 14 out north) Misses: golden-crowned kinglet, Cassin's kingbird, red-breasted nuthatch, sandhill cranes, accipiter, red fox sparrow?, golden-crowned sparrow? Dave Leatherman Fort Collins --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
