Reported by Kathanne Lynch of Genesee Mountain, Golden, CO Field Trip for Denver Field Ornithologists and Evergreen Audubon
Location: Genesee Mountain Park Observation date: 7/2/10 morning 08:00-12:00 Notes: 27 species, 137 individuals Canada Goose 2 Mourning Dove 1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 4 Williamson's Sapsucker 4 One female flew fifty feet away into top of twenty-foot snag. She drummed for two minutes and flew off. Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 Cordilleran Flycatcher 8 Black-billed Magpie 10 American Crow 6 Violet-green Swallow 10 Nesting in cavity in Douglas-fir at 20 feet in 30-foot tree that is 150 yards west of flagpole atop Genesee Mountain. Black-capped Chickadee 2 Mountain Chickadee 10 White-breasted Nuthatch (Interior West) 1 Pygmy Nuthatch 20 House Wren 5 Nesting and bringing food into cavity in Ponderosa Pine at 2 (two) feet above ground in tree that is 50 yards south of flagpole atop Genesee Mountain. Western Bluebird 14 Adult male and Adult female feeding young June 30. On July 2 saw two juv fledged from cavity in same area. Area is parking lot across from group picnic in Life Tree at seven feet in height. Hermit Thrush (Western mountains) 3 Three individuals were singing within a one-mile range of each other at 11:00 am. One sang continuously 200 yards north of flagpole 07/02/10 while I scounted before field trip (from when I arrived at 6:45 am until ending at 7:30 am). Resumed singing around 11:00 am. American Robin 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1 Chipping Sparrow 3 Vesper Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) 7 Western Tanager 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 House Finch 3 Red Crossbill 3 Two females and one male. Pine Siskin 8 Lesser Goldfinch 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- 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.
