Hello everyone,
A handful of participants enjoyed some interesting birds along the Peak-to-Peak
this fine morning. We started out at the Boulder County Courthouse parking lot
where we scoped the Flagstaff Mtn GOLDEN EAGLE nest. One well-developed chick
was present. The other disappeared a few days ago. Our first stop on the
Peak-to-Peak was the willow thicket along the Caribou Ranch Open Space entrance
road and Mud Lake. Several DUSKY FLYCATCHERS, WESTERN WARBLING VIREOS,
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHERS, MACGUILLIVRAY'S WARBLERS were
singing, and several type 2 & 5 RED CROSSBILLS were flying about.
Next we headed to the bustling hamlet that is Ward. I spotted the real surprise
of the day soaring west of town, an adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK. Nobody else got on
it as it quickly cruised north over the Brainard Lake Rd. This is ok since we
all saw two individuals later on in the morning cruising around near the
Brainard Lake pay station. One was molting its inner primaries, the other was
not. I am unsure of the age of the molting bird, but it is presumably a young
adult. If someone can find their nest, I'd really appreciate it :-) Back in
Ward at the lower feeders, we got another tremendous surprise as a light morph
FERRUGINOUS HAWK flew over! From what I could make out I would call it a young
bird (~1 yr old). A dozen BAND-TAILED PIGEONS were keeping vigil in the trees
above the feeders.
And finally, at the willow thicket north of Ward at CO CR 103, a SLATE-COLORED
FOX SPARROW put on an appearance, a male RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER gave a brief
fly-by look, and WILSON'S and MACGUILLIVRAY'S WARBLERS were singing up a storm.
Another DUSKY FLYCATCHER was teed up on some utility wires.
Thanks,
Christian Nunes
[email protected]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christian_nunes/
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