This reminds me that three singing male DICKCISSELS were recently found at Teller Farms by someone doing a hayfield survey. They were somewhere south of North Teller Lake, but north of Arapahoe Rd. Maybe 1/4 mi south of the Valmont Rd parking lot?? Walk south and listen.
I found a singing male OVENBIRD in the thicket near the north end of the Goshawk Ridge Trail in Eldorado Mountain Open Space this morning. This is the same area where an Ash-throated Flycatcher was found recently. No sign of that guy. This is the 6th singing male OVEN that I've heard or heard about in the Boulder Mountain Parks this spring. I've also discovered the nest of a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in the burned area along the western side of the Spring Brook Loop Trail, again in the Eldorado Mountain Open Space. The nest isn't very close to the trail, but perhaps a lucky observer will find a foraging bird. This is the 3rd (and likely 4th) year in a row that EABLs have nested on this property. I found this nest quite fortuitously. I was walking past a nice looking snag, thinking about how nice that cavity looked, when out flew the female. Unlike in the past, the male is NOT singing up a storm. I spend many hours a week in this area and haven't detected these birds until now. Great birding, Christian Nunes [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/christian_nunes/ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [cobirds] Bobolink(s) Still At Teller Farms, Boulder Co Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:37:07 -0600 I checked out the trail at Teller Farm today to see if any of the Bobolinks were still present from weeks ago. There was at least 1 singing male in the same field, the E-W stretch of the road from the Valmont parking lot. I believe there was 1 on the S side of the road as well. Hopefully there are some females lurking in the deep grass. Cara Stiles Boulder, CO -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
