Hello, Birders. Here are some random observations, compiled while doing random errands around Boulder County, yesterday, Saturday, Oct. 9th:
Baseline Reservoir. 5 Horned Grebes and 2 Orange-crowned Warblers. Centennial Trail. 15 Western Bluebirds and 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Prince Lake No. 2, with Andrew. 2 Least Sandpipers. Erie Reservoir, with Andrew. 1 Harlan's Hawk. Is Oct. 9th early for Harlan's Hawk? Panama Reservoir, with Andrew. 1 Great Egret, 1 Herring Gull, 3 American Pipits, and a distant flock of shorebirds, including 4 dowitchers, 10 peeps, and 1 yellowlegs. An immature Merlin spooked the flock, then gave a good go at one of the peeps (pretty sure it was a Least Sandpiper). The chase was dramatic, and the Merlin lost. Little Gaynor Lake, with Andrew. A beautiful cock Ring-necked Pheasant. (Remember when Little Gaynor was actually good for shorebirds and such?) Boulder Reservoir, with Hannah and Andrew. 2 Horned Grebes, 115 Mountain Bluebirds, and Chishun Kwong. Chishun told us he had just seen a Sharp-shinned Hawk, and about 45 seconds after we had parted company with Chishun, Hannah and Andrew and I saw his bird (an adult, probably a female). McIntosh Reservoir, with Hannah and Andrew. 1 Horned Grebe and 4 Great Egrets. Ish Reservoir, with Hannah and Andrew. 1 Great Egret, 5 American Pipits, and 2 Orange-crowned Warblers. Everywhere we went, we saw high numbers of Western Grebes. Also very much in evidence were Killdeer and Yellow-rumped Warblers. ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding Blog: http://tinyurl.com/2g2staq Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2wj9djj Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/2wkvwxs ------------------------------- -- 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.
