Good day! A quick morning of birding at Dixon Res (also known as Pine Ridge Natural Area) yielded a few nice birds. Of note are the following
1-Pine Warbler (male) on the north edge of the res that disappeared into the dense thicket and underbrush near the water's edge and I never saw him again. I hope he hangs for a moment 3- Townsend's Warbler in the same vicinity 1- White-eyed Vireo still present also in the same vicinity. I must have said something that ticked him off 'cause he was livid. I pleaded with him to calm down and be quiet so the other birds wouldn't hear. But it was too late. 6 Warbling Vireos showed up to investigate why their cousin was all up in arms. Following them were 3 Macgillivray's Warblers, 2 Yellow Warblers, about a dozen Gray Catbirds, and I stopped counting the Wilson's Warblers. I was quite amazed that this one little bird's distress call was heeded by so many. I don't remember seeing that before. It was a great 1/2 hour of birding though. 1 pair of Blue Grosbeaks-nice to see them there. Of all my forays to this place it was a new bird for this location for me. And there were quite a few Lesser Goldfinches around fairly stressed out about a nearby Cooper's Hawk. Everything else was fairly normal. I made a quick stop at Grandview Cemetery and it was dead! (no pun intended) Good Birding! Josh Bruening 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]. 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.
