Highlights of an interesting day at Crow Valley Campground (Weld) and two sites in Sterling (Logan). It was cool, overcast, and the wind was out of the east/southeast. Large numbers of a few species were conspicuously on the move.
Crow Valley Campground (still looks like late April, maybe the moisture and some heat will get it going): Orange-crowned Warbler (at least 15, mostly in cottonwood flowers, I think seeking of a certain weevil larva) White-crowned Sparrow (saw 1 dark-lored bird, and about 5 pale-lored individuals) Least Flycatcher (2) Bullock's Oriole (at least 8) Baltimore Oriole (1m, looked "pure" in all respects that I could tell, feeding in cottonwood with the Bullock's) Orchard Oriole (1m, FOS) Virginia's Warbler (1m) Golden-crowned Kinglet (1) Yellow Warbler (at least 5, influx) Swainson's Thrush (only 2) Rock Wren (1) Western Wood-Pewee (1, FOS) Total of 47 species GR96 (Murphy's Pasture Road) north of Crow Valley: Chestnut-collared Longspur (1m) Columbine Park, Sterling: Lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Orange-crowned Warblers, Clay-colored Sparrows, all on the move, and almost exclusively in American Hackberry. It just felt like a rare species was going to pop into view any second but it didn't happen. That park deserves scrutiny Riverside Cemetery, Sterling: Yellow Warbler (at least 10, all in hackberry) Blackpoll Warbler (1m, in hackberry) Clay-colored Sparrow (at least 150, pretty much all in hackberry most of the time) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1f, in hackberry) Upland Sandpiper (1 flyover, calling) Wilson's Warbler (1m, in hackberry) A brief check of Prewitt Reservoir (Logan and Washington) in very late afternoon just as the rain was starting, didn't produce much. A small squadron of Forster's Terns was fighting wind over the res, landbirds were either non-existant or indetectible in the windy deciduous trees north of the dam. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
