Walked around Stearns Lake this morning from 8 to 9. There was nothing on the water except 1 lone Great Blue Heron and a couple of mallards. The water is still very high; there are small shores for sandpipers along the path toward the dam end of the lake.
The best sighting was a red-tailed hawk sitting on a post eating its breakfast. There were quite a few hawks around, at least 2 red-tails and 2 Swainson's. Canada geese, maybe 20 1 kestrel, male 1 Killdeer 4 sandpipers (I'm going to say Baird's, from the call and the tail pattern) 3 mourning doves 1 flicker 1 magpie a few starlings Barn swallows (around 80, both adults and juveniles, feeding in the corn and in the weeds near the pond) Blackbirds (about 40 in the trees by the dam, mostly red-winged with 2 yellow-headed) 2 juvenile meadowlarks house finches In my yard south of Rock Creek Farm, on Lac Amora Park, so far I've had a sage thrasher (gone now) and a house wren. No rock wrens, white-crowned sparrows, towhees, or juncos yet. I have had 1 lousy hummingbird this year, and although I still have food out for them, I've pretty much given up on seeing any more. Beth Partin Broomfield County -- Restoration Nation: An Economy That Restores http://restorationnation.org Beth at Home and Abroad http://bethpartin.com -- 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.
