Rather than go on to Ohio as planned (my mother is sick), I returned to Fort Collins from Lamar today (12 October) via Flagler SWA and Last Chance.
At Flagler: Eastern Phoebe (1 juv) White-throated Sparrow (1) lots of other songbirds but nothing unusual, and very few waterfowl At Last Chance: almost birdless Chestnut-collared Longspur (1 flyover heard) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1, the only bird down in "the hole") Chukar (happy to have been released and calling from the roof of the house to the south) My total for the immediate Lamar area (roughly a CBC-sized area) was 85 species for the period 7-11October, with it being much more interesting early in this period than toward the end, when it got cooler and windy out of the north. Just as a comment, Northern Flickers are usually somewhat hard to come by in Lamar, but not right now. I don't think of flicker as a migratory species but apparently there is a great deal of deck shuffling at this time of year between breeding areas and wintering areas. What this probably says is that Lamar has good Russian-olive and juniper fruit crops this year. Dave Leatherman 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.
