Today I took a group of thirteen folks out to Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch (private). For a birding tour. We had a great day with 30 species found. What a difference between yesterday and today. I had an overflow group out there Friday also and we saw way fewer birds. (Can you say "WINDY"?)
We spent about 3 hours browsing the ranch and enjoying the birds and weather. Highlights for folks were the Broad-winged Hawk (mis-identified by me in the field, darn it) that dropped what was left of his Magpie so we could all ooh and ahh and ick, over it. (It was a male magpie by the way..eww.) The plethora of Western Bluebirds almost in our laps, the jewel of a Mountain Bluebird, two fly-bys of Broad-tailed Hummers, and the Bushtit and Ruby-crowned Kinglet flock we had to practically extract from our pockets. We saw lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers too - all Myrtles. All in all a very fun day. Thanks to Becca for the not-so-mental bird list! Song Sparrow European Starling American Robin Common Grackle Belted Kingfisher Mallard Canada Goose Common Merganser American Goldfinch House Finch Northern Flicker Broad-tailed Hummingbird Western Meadowlark Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Say's Phoebe Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) White-crowned Sparrow Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-capped Chickadee Spotted Towhee Ruby-crowned Kinglet Steller's Jay Cooper's Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-winged Blackbird Bushtit Mourning Dove Black-billed Magpie American Kestrel Connie Kogler Loveland,CO Birds O' The Morning .com Aslan's Own .com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
