Hello, Birders. Here are a few recent sightings from around Boulder County.
1. If you just can't wait till this coming spring to see a Gray Catbird, there's one hanging out at Greenlee Preserve. Hannah and I first saw it on Tuesday, Jan. 4th, in the Russian olives near the observation deck. Note: Get 'em while they're good...the City of Lafayette is in the process of murdering all the Russian olives at Greenlee. 2. Earlier this Dia de los Reyes, Thursday, Jan. 6th, Eric Zorawowicz and I saw 3 first-cycle Snow Geese and 1 adult Ross's Goose in the immense anserine throng that gathers each morning on the ice at Waneka Lake. 3. There's also a nice adult dark-morph Harlan's Hawk hanging around Greenlee, seen most recently yesterday, Wednesday, Jan. 5th, by Hannah and me. 4. Back on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 2nd, Kei and Hannah and Andrew and I heard a Lesser Goldfinch, rare but increasing in winter in the Boulder County foothills, along Bear Canyon Trail. We saw an adult male Prairie Merlin here, too. 5. If anybody needs a dipper quickie, try the spot along 61st Street near Boulder Creek crosses under. (This is just north of Valmont Road.) The spot's typically a gimme for winter dippers, and so it was for Hannah and me back on Monday, Jan. 3rd. We just got of the car, listened for a few seconds, and there it was. Piece of cake. ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding Blog: http://tinyurl.com/2g2staq Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2ejzlzv 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.
