Highlights of a brief visit with just over one day of birding:
Northern Cardinal (1 pair at south end of Lamar Community College Woods, just
north of the first house)
Brown Thrasher (1, same location)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1 or 2 males, one at south end of LCC Woods, one at
Fairmount Cemetery)
Harris's Sparrow (1 at CR13 bridge over Ark River e of town, 4+ at Prowers
Bridge over Ark River w of town)
LINCOLN"S SPARROW (1 at Prowers Bridge over Ark River)
Spotted Towhee (2 at Prowers Bridge over Ark River)
Merlin (1 prairie race, big feedlot n of town on US287/50)
White-winged Dove (1 in Willow Valley Subdivision)
Pine Siskin (several, but not huge numbers anywhere)
"White" Geese (about 5000, mostly Snows, east of Ark River Bridge/Carder Gravel
Ponds at north end of Main Street in Lamar)
Greater Scaup (1f at Carder Gravel pond just s of Ark River on the bridge at n
end of Main Street)
Redhead (3 at Carder Gravel pond s of Ark River " " ")
Lapland Longspur (many, many in with Horned Larks on CRs east of May Valley
north of town)
Mountain Bluebird (few along May Valley road n of town, saw a Northern Harrier
eating one!)
Total of 56 species (my guess is 65 or 70 spp. are present, maybe even more)
Major shedding of juniper berries following the sub-zero temps, providing a
feast on the ground for robins, starlings, flickers, etc., esp. at Fairmount
Cemetery.
no Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers at Fairmount or Willow Creek Park
no Golden-crowned Kinglets at Fairmount Cemetery
no Carolina Wren or Winter Wren at LCC/Willow Creek
no Swamp Sparrow at Willow Creek
no Yellow-rumped Warblers or Ruby-crowned Kinglets anywhere
no Northern Mockingbird
no shrikes
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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